๐Ÿค‘ PayPal’s Sneaky Plan to Take Over the World ( Sort Of )

Oh my, oh me! PayPal, the payment giant, has a cunning plan to make its stablecoin, PYUSD, the king of global payments! ๐Ÿคฏ By 2025, they aim to integrate it into more of their products, including Hyperwallet, because who doesn’t love a good wallet? ๐Ÿ“ˆ

According to a sneaky Bloomberg report, PayPal wants to make PYUSD available for global payments, because, you know, merchants in the U.S. are just dying to pay vendors and suppliers abroad. ๐ŸŒŽ “A lot of the payments we’re expecting are going to be cross-border,” said Michelle Gill, general manager of PayPal’s small business and financial services group, trying to sound as boring as possible. ๐Ÿ˜ด

But wait, there’s more! PayPal hopes to make PYUSD payouts live in the first half of 2025, which is just around the corner, folks! โฐ They also want to make it a payment option for over 20 million merchants to pay vendors, because who needs cash when you have PYUSD, right? ๐Ÿ’ธ

Michelle Gill explained, “The thesis was: Can we facilitate that on PYUSD rails so as not to have the currency conversion, the friction, as well as time?” Wow, what a thrilling thesis! ๐Ÿค“

But how did PayPal come up with this genius plan, you ask? Well, they acquired Hyperwallet in 2018 for a cool $400 million, because who doesn’t love a good acquisition? ๐Ÿค‘ Hyperwallet, a San Francisco-based firm, provides a global payout platform, because, you know, payouts are the best! ๐ŸŽ‰

Alex Chriss, PayPal’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “We’ve been talking about blockchains for like a decade now โ€” the concept of these things never becomes real until you actually can start to spend it.” Ah, finally, someone who understands the importance of spending money! ๐Ÿ’ธ

PayPal first launched its stablecoin in August 2023 on the Solana (SOL) and Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, because why not? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Last month, they made PYUSD accessible through the Cardano ecosystem, because they love a good ecosystem! ๐ŸŒฟ Last year, they conducted the first business transaction using PYUSD, and we’re sure it was a real thrill-ride! ๐ŸŽข

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2025-02-26 11:12