Stablecoin Sector Sees Nearly $4B Boost as Market Closes in on $300B Milestone

The stablecoin arena just got a little juicier. Over the past week, the market bulked up by $3.969 billion—a 1.36% lift. Tether’s USDT strutted in with a fresh $2 billion under its belt, flexing its dominance at 58.68% of the $295.797 billion fiat-pegged token pool this weekend. Ethena’s USDe and Falcon’s USDf Rise While USDC, … Read more

Paypal Backs Stable, Enhances Future Adoption of PYUSD

With the undisclosed investment, Paypal has secured the inclusion of PYUSD, its in-house stablecoin, in Stable’s stablechain, which is designed with this type of asset in mind. Paypal aims to increase the adoption of the asset, targeting commerce use cases first. Paypal Announces Strategic Investment in Stable, Secures PYUSD Availability on the Stablechain Paypal, one … Read more

Layerzero Opens the Gates: Paypal’s PYUSD Debuts on Tron, Aptos, Abstract, and Sei

Paypal’s PYUSD stablecoin is breaking out of its home turf, hitching rides on Tron, Aptos, Avalanche, Sei, and a string of other chains via Layerzero’s Stargate Hydra—giving it a passport far beyond its original digs. Paypal’s PYUSD Now Travels Cross-Chain The rollout also debuts PYUSD0, a permissionless sibling of the native coin already circulating on … Read more

Paypal Expands Peer-to-Peer Payments With Crypto Options Coming to Global Wallets

Paypal is igniting a new era in peer-to-peer payments, unleashing personalized links and imminent crypto integration that supercharge global money movement across wallets, apps, and digital ecosystems. Paypal Advances Peer-to-Peer Strategy With Upcoming Crypto Functionality Payments giant Paypal announced on Sept. 15 the launch of Paypal links, describing it as “a new way to send … Read more

Kite Raises $18M Series A to Build Agentic Web Infrastructure With Stablecoin Payments

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, a suite providing programmable agent identities, native stablecoin payments and policy … Read more

Stablecoin Companies Harness Loopholes in the GENIUS Act to Offer ‘Rewards’

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, Coinbase Offering ‘Rewards’ to Stablecoin Holders Crypto companies are finding ways to circumvent … Read more

Visa Supports More Stablecoins in Push for Scalable Global Blockchain Payments

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 is extending its stablecoin settlement infrastructure by integrating more digital currencies … Read more

Paypal Launches Pay With Crypto to Bring 100+ Coins and Wallets Mainstream

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 28 that it is launching Pay with Crypto, … Read more

Paypal Teams With Indian and Chinese Giants to Build Global Payment Network

Paypal has launched a new platform aimed at connecting various payment systems with its digital wallets, allowing users to shop internationally without conversion fees or delays. Expanding Global Reach Fintech giant Paypal has collaborated with global payment leaders to introduce Paypal World, a new platform designed to connect popular payment systems with its digital wallets. … Read more

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