Bitcoin is ‘Potentially Disruptive’ to PayPal & Visa: Analyst

Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency won’t supplant PayPal and credit cards as payment options yet, but they could in due time. That’s the assessment of Lisa Ellis, an equity analyst with sell-side research firm MoffettNathanson. “Cryptocurrency systems (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple) are potentially disruptive to private payment systems,” Ellis wrote in a client note. “Their core design characteristics — which are aimed at enabling ‘freedom of money