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Kite Raises $18M Series A to Build Agentic Web Infrastructure With Stablecoin Payments
3.9.2025
Kite has raised $18 million in a Series A round led by Paypal Ventures and General Catalyst, bringing total funding to $33 million, the San Francisco–based startup announced. Formerly Zettablock, Kite builds foundational trust infrastructure for the “agentic web,” and today launched Kite AIR,...
Stablecoin Companies Harness Loopholes in the GENIUS Act to Offer ‘Rewards’
5.8.2025
Companies like Coinbase and Paypal are taking advantage of the loopholes present in the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act to offer “rewards” to depositors, even though it explicitly forbids issuers from distributing any form of interest or yield to holders. GENIUS Act Circumvented? Paypal...
Visa Supports More Stablecoins in Push for Scalable Global Blockchain Payments
1.8.2025
Visa supercharges the future of finance by expanding stablecoin settlements with new digital assets and blockchains, unlocking a new era of global crypto payments. Visa Broadens Stablecoin Network With Euro Integration and New Blockchain Access Payments giant Visa announced on July 31 that it...
Paypal Launches Pay With Crypto to Bring 100+ Coins and Wallets Mainstream
28.7.2025
Paypal ignites U.S. merchant adoption with instant crypto payments, cutting transaction fees by up to 90% and unlocking access to 650 million users in the $3 trillion crypto market. Paypal Lights up US Merchants With Instant Crypto Payments and 650M Reach Payments giant Paypal announced on July...
Coinbase Joins Forces With Paypal to Supercharge Crypto Payments
25.4.2025
Coinbase and Paypal are unleashing a payments revolution, fusing stablecoin tech with mass adoption muscle to drive billions onchain through frictionless, instant digital transactions. Coinbase and Paypal Collide to Supercharge Crypto Payments—Onchain Adoption Begins Coinbase has broadened...
Paypal Seeks to Drive PYUSD Adoption With 3.7% Reward on Users’ Stablecoin Holdings
23.4.2025
Paypal is launching a new rewards program for its stablecoin PYUSD, offering U.S. users a 3.7% annual return to boost adoption in the competitive stablecoin market. Incentivizing Use of PYUSD Paypal Holdings is launching a new rewards program for its stablecoin PYUSD to boost adoption of...
PayPal to offer 3.7% yield on stablecoin balances: Report
23.4.2025
Payments behemoth PayPal plans to offer a 3.7% yield on balances held in its PayPal USD stablecoin.According to an April 23 Bloomberg report, a PayPal representative said that the measure aims to encourage more usage of the firm’s stablecoin. The new program is purportedly expected to launch...
Crypto.com Will Suspend Tether, PayPal Stablecoin Services in Europe Due to MiCA
29.1.2025
From Jan. 31, Crypto.com will no longer offer certain services from stablecoins, like Tether USDT, Paypal USD, Pax dollar, alongside Crypto.com Staked ETH and Crypto.com Staked SOL
PayPal USD links with LayerZero for transfers between Ethereum and Solana
13.11.2024
PayPal’s US Dollar-pegged stablecoin has integrated cross-chain bridge LayerZero to allow native transfers of PYUSD between the two networks
Ex-Coinbase, Goldman Sachs Exec Launches New Crypto Exchange on PayPal Stablecoin
18.9.2024
TrueX, a new cryptocurrency exchange, has been launched that will focus on stablecoin-based trading and settlement. This launch…
Ex-Coinbase execs to launch exchange using PayPal stablecoin for settlement
18.9.2024
Founders who used to work at Coinbase, Circle and Goldman Sachs teamed up to create an exchange that will use PayPal USD as its main settlement currency.
Ex-Coinbase execs to launch exchange using PayPal stablecoin for settlement
18.9.2024
Founders who used to work at Coinbase, Circle and Goldman Sachs teamed up to create an exchange that will use PayPal USD as its main settlement currency.
PayPal's Stablecoin Hits $1B Market Cap as Incentives Boost Activity on Solana
26.8.2024
The payments company's stablecoin entry was off to a slow start last year on Ethereum, but its recent expansion to the Solana blockchain reignited the token's growth
Anchorage adds PayPal stablecoin yield to custody platform
22.8.2024
Institutional crypto custodians like Coinbase offer competing rewards programs.
PayPal Makes Retail Stablecoin Play with PYUSD on Solana
29.5.2024
PYUSD has around 8,600 holders on the Ethereum blockchain and a market cap of a tick under $400,000
Crypto Payments Firm Triple-A Includes PayPal’s Stablecoin in Payment Options for Customers
19.4.2024
Singapore-based payments company Triple-A has announced plans to integrate PayPal's stablecoin into its list of supported tokens for customer payments.
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Paypal Faces SEC Scrutiny Over New Stablecoin PYUSD, Cooperates With Document Production Request
2.11.2023
After releasing its new stablecoin PYUSD, the payments giant Paypal disclosed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) subpoenaed the company concerning the stablecoin. Paypal stated in its Form 10-Q for the third fiscal quarter that it had been asked to produce documents for the...
Paypal Launches US Dollar-Denominated Stablecoin PYUSD on Venmo
20.9.2023
On Wednesday, the payment giant Paypal announced that the stablecoin PYUSD is now available on Venmo. Paypal detailed that the stablecoin asset will be available to select Venmo users and fully roll out for all users “in the coming weeks.” Paypal Stablecoin PYUSD Makes Its Way to Venmo...
Transparency Report Reveals Backing for Paypal’s PYUSD Stablecoin
14.9.2023
Paypal’s stablecoin, PYUSD, has been operational for 38 days. The token’s issuer, Paxos, has issued a transparency report related to the coin’s reserves. Much like many of today’s stablecoin industry leaders, PYUSD is supported by cash reserves and U.S. Treasury reverse...
ECB Official Shares Digital Euro Progress, Concerns Over Paypal’s Stablecoin
7.9.2023
European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Fabio Panetta has warned about stablecoins issued by private providers, such as Paypal. He also provided an update on the progress of the digital euro. “At the ECB, our investigation phase is now in its final stage, preparing the ground...