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PayPal Crypto Head Says Banks Are Needed to Unlock Full Stablecoin Potential

At Consensus 2025, leaders from PayPal and MoneyGram pointed to regulation, real-world utility and trust as keys to stablecoin growth.

Jose Fernandez da Ponte, senior vice president of digital currencies at PayPal, speaks at Consensus 2025.

Finance

SEC Ditches PayPal's PYUSD Probe, Removing Key Regulatory Hurdle for Its Stablecoin

The SEC subpoenaed PayPal in late 2023 over its dollar-backed stablecoin.

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Finance

Coinbase Introduces Free Conversion for PayPal's PYUSD as Stablecoin Competition Intensifies

The partnership is another sign of stablecoin issuers jockeying for market share as regulation in the U.S. is advancing.

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Markets

PayPal to Pay 3.7% Annual Yield on Stablecoin PYUSD to Encourage Broader Use

The move is meant to increase adoption of PYUSD amid growing competition in the stablecoin market

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Markets

PayPal Pushes Further Into Crypto by Adding Chainlink and Solana as New Offerings


The move expands PayPal and Venmo users’ access to major cryptocurrencies amid growing regulatory clarity in the U.S.

PayPal logo on iphone screen (Marques Thomas/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Payments Firm Mesh Raises $82M as Stablecoin Adoption Soars

The fundraising was completed using PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin and was led by Paradigm.

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Finance

PayPal-Backed Raise Secures $63M to Expand Blockchain-Based Gift Card System

The company aims to bring digital gift cards on-chain, turning them into a “programmable retail currency.”

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Policy

Detroiters Will Be Able to Pay Their Taxes in Crypto Next Year Using PayPal

Detroit also asked crypto entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas for blockchain-based “civic applications” to the city’s Director of Entrepreneurship and Economic Opportunity, Justin Onwenu.

A large PayPal logo is on display outside its corporate HQ (Shutterstock)

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Will Mayor Adams Join Sam Bankman-Fried and Diddy in Prison?; Crypto Hacks in Q3

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as the indictment of New York Major Eric Adams stirs up speculations of whether he could join Sam Bankman-Fried and Sean "Diddy" Combs in the Brooklyn detention center. Plus, Immunefi releases a report on crypto hacks in the third quarter and PayPal will let business clients buy, hold and sell crypto.

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Finance

PayPal Enables U.S. Business Accounts to Buy, Hold and Sell Crypto

The service won't be available to New York state businesses in the beginning.

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