PayPal Confirms Bitcoin Acceptance Option at SEC Ahead of EBay Split In a filing at the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), PayPal details its future as a separate entity from eBay, a split which is due to occur by the end of 2015. In discussing its innovations, specifically Braintree, PayPal definitively mentions "digital currencies such as Bitcoin” as an official tool for merchants to use. The filing reads: "A merchant can typically open a standard PayPal account and begin accepting payments through PayPal within a few minutes. [...] Our Payments Platform supports growth with a variety of value-added services …