NIGHTMARE STORY: I am an old dude so I am inherently wary of bitcoin. I wanted to make a purchase and the seller only accepted bitcoin. I was told if you use a debit card and purchase through PAYPAL the funds would IMMEDIATELY be available to transfer. It even has that exact verbiage on the PP website. So I purchased $500 worth of bit coin (plus a $9 fee) and tried to transfer it. DENIED. It said to try again in 48 hours so I did. DENIED again. I filed a help ticket and was told with crypto they freeze my account until the security checks are completed. BUT, they cannot tell me where/when or even IF these checks will be completed. It has been well over a week now, and I still cannot access my bitcoin to transfer (even though they had no problem taking the money from my debit card). Now, the value of bitcoin is falling and soon, I will not have enough bitcoin to cover the transaction I tried to make last week (value has dipped over $60). I literally feel PAYPAL has my money hostage and it is losing value by the day. Nobody can give me a date/time of when it will be available. I asked if it might take up to a year (sarcasm) and they said they have no way of knowing. That was not the response I had hoped for.