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PayPal’s Real Stablecoin Strategy: It Wants to Earn Interest on Your Deposits

While it seems positive for crypto, the PYUSD stablecoin will benefit PayPal's own coffers most of all.

PayPal's crypto lead Jose Fernandez da Ponte says PayPal's new stablecoin, PYUSD, is "an extension of the PayPal balance." Does that include PayPal's interest revenue? (CoinDesk/Helene Braun)
PayPal's crypto lead Jose Fernandez da Ponte says PayPal's new stablecoin, PYUSD, is "an extension of the PayPal balance." Does that include PayPal's interest revenue? (CoinDesk/Helene Braun)