The article actually says that ebay has signed up with adyen (payments processor) to take care of the payment part whcih used to be done by paypal. paypal becomes one more payment option.

Ripples get into the scene because the article shows how to connect the adyen platform to xrp’s

And yes, that means that one of the biggests markets in the world will be supporting cryptocurrency very soon. This is good news and sure it will influence also the value of xrp in the coming days.