Venmo Introduces Crypto Price Alerts

<p>Venmo&comma; the online payment service owned by PayPal&comma; has introduced a new feature that will allow customers to set price alerts for the cryptocurrencies on the Venmo platform&comma; to help them track the price of the four cryptocurrencies available to buy&comma; hold and sell on Venmo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Venmo customers can now enable alerts to receive push notifications when the selected cryptocurrency goes up or down by 5&percnt; or 10&percnt;&comma; allowing them to stay informed when pricing shifts for Bitcoin&comma; Ethereum&comma; Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash&period; Once enabled&comma; customers will receive a notification when a crypto price increase or decrease meets their selected percentage threshold&period; With this new functionality&comma; customers have an easy way to stay up to date on pricing changes as they continue to explore the world of crypto through Venmo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To enable price alerts&comma; customers can follow these simple steps&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Navigate to the crypto homepage by selecting the crypto button at the bottom of the Venmo app&comma; select the cryptocurrency they’d like to track&comma; then toggle the button next to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Price alerts&period;”<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>From there&comma; customers can customize the alerts they’d like to receive and set push notifications to be sent when that cryptocurrency goes up or down by 5&percnt; or 10&percnt;&period; Customers will receive a maximum of two notifications when the price changes in a single direction within a 24-hour period for any cryptocurrency that they select to receive price alerts&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Customers can also enable alerts by choosing to opt-in when buying any of the four cryptocurrencies on Venmo&comma; by checking the box on the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Review and Buy” page&comma; or by navigating to Settings&comma; then Push Notifications&comma; and toggling Crypto Price Alerts&period; Customers can adjust or turn off these notifications at any time from the crypto homepage or from Settings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Crypto price alerts will be available for all eligible customers in the coming weeks in the Venmo app&period; Crypto on Venmo was launched this past April&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;