PayPal USD (PYUSD) is a cryptocurrency launched in 2023and operates on the Ethereum platform. PayPal USD has a current supply of 2,747,255,947.095943. The last known price of PayPal USD is 0.99966414 USD and is down -0.01 over the last 24 hours. It is currently trading on 133 active market(s) with $186,119,718.12 traded over the last 24 hours. More information can be found at https://www.paypal.com/pyusd.
Paxos, the issuer of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, said Wednesday (Oct. 15) that it accidentally minted “excess PYUSD” and then removed the excess from circulation. CNBC reported Thursday (Oct.
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5 days, 9 hours, 30 minutes ago
For a few surreal moments on Oct. 15, the Ethereum blockchain seemed to host the financial equivalent of a dream. Paxos, the issuer behind PayPal's stablecoin PYUSD, accidentally minted $300 trillion worth of tokens, which is roughly 300 times the global GDP, before burning them just as fast.
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5 days, 12 hours, 5 minutes ago
Stablecoin issuer Paxos accidentally minted $300 trillion worth of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, far exceeding the total U.S. dollar supply. Paxos emphasized that it was not a security breach but the incident raised concerns about how an enormous amount of stablecoin could be created without requisite collateral.
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5 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes ago
The incident occurred at 3:12 PM EST and was immediately detected by Paxos' monitoring systems. The excess PYUSD was promptly burned.
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5 days, 15 hours, 20 minutes ago
Paxos mistakenly minted $300 trillion worth of PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoins on Ethereum before burning them within minutes.
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5 days, 17 hours, 49 minutes ago
Paxos' accidental minting and burning of 300 trillion PYUSD tokens stunned the crypto community but also highlighted one of blockchain's greatest strengths.
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5 days, 18 hours, 20 minutes ago
Paxos mistakenly minted $300 trillion of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin before quickly burning the excess, marking one of the largest on-chain errors recorded.
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5 days, 23 hours, 21 minutes ago
The company said it has since burned the excess tokens, and that the root cause of the incident has been addressed.
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6 days, 5 minutes ago
Paxos, the issuer behind PayPals PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted an astonishing $300 trillion in PYUSD tokensfar surpassing the total global money supply. The firm swiftly corrected the blunder, burning the excess tokens and minting a far smaller $300 million shortly afterward.
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6 days, 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
Paxos accidentally minted $300 trillion in PYUSD today, prompting community incredulity. The firm quickly burned these tokens and minted $300 million, claiming user error.
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6 days, 4 hours, 16 minutes ago
Crypto users were left scrambling on Wednesday after Paxos minted 300 trillion of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, then sent it all to a burn address.
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6 days, 6 hours, 22 minutes ago
The crypto community witnessed an unexpected event when Paxos minted $300 trillion in PYUSD stablecoins on Ethereum. The minting occurred on Wednesday afternoon and briefly made PYUSD the world's largest stablecoin by supply.
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6 days, 6 hours, 22 minutes ago
While the stablecoin market has blown past the $300 billion milestone, it didn't stop there. Over the past week alone, the sector puffed up by another $6.155 billion. From Tether to PYUSD: Stablecoin Giants Drive a $302B Liquidity Wave Between Sept. 28 and Oct.
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16 days, 8 hours, 21 minutes ago
PYUSD market cap has surpassed the milestone of $1.8 billion. PayPay USD stablecoin now ranks 53rd across the list of global cryptocurrencies.
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25 days, 18 hours, 16 minutes ago
Decentralized finance firm Spark onboarded PayPal's stablecoin, PYUSD, and plans to grow it. PYUSD deposits on Spark's decentralized, non-custodial liquidity market for lenders and borrowers, SparkLend, surpassed $200 million, and Spark plans to increase that to $1 billion within weeks, Spark said in a Thursday (Sept.
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26 days, 6 hours, 16 minutes ago
Payments giant PayPal has partnered with decentralised finance (DeFi) platform Spark to inject $1 billion in liquidity into PYUSD, its dollar-backed stablecoin. The partnership signals PayPal's determination to make PYUSD a contender in the fast-growing stablecoin market, long dominated by Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC.
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26 days, 10 hours, 16 minutes ago
The plan is to scale PayPal USD with Spark's liquidity framework, building sustainable stablecoin markets
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26 days, 10 hours, 36 minutes ago
PayPal has teamed up with Spark to boost PYUSD liquidity, with deposits already topping $135 million on the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol.
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26 days, 11 hours, 7 minutes ago
PayPal and Spark have announced a partnership to expand PYUSD liquidity. Spark says SparkLend deposits have surpassed $100 million; the Liquidity Layer and reserves have supported depth, and it has deployed $630 million in BTC-backed loans to Coinbase, as PYUSD has gone live on Stellar.
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26 days, 11 hours, 21 minutes ago
PayPal and decentralized finance platform Spark have teamed up to grow liquidity for PayPal USD (PYUSD) onchain, aiming to scale deposits from $100 million today to $1 billion in the weeks ahead.
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26 days, 13 hours, 20 minutes ago
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.
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28 days, 19 hours, 57 minutes ago
Layer 1 blockchain network Stable said Monday (Sept. 22) that PayPal Ventures invested in its latest funding round and that Stable will enable users to utilize PayPal's stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD), on its blockchain.
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29 days, 3 hours, 5 minutes ago
PayPal Ventures joins Stable to launch PYUSD on Stablechain, enabling instant, low-fee stablecoin payments and exploring future payment innovations.
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29 days, 11 hours, 6 minutes ago
PayPal Ventures has invested in Stable to bring PayPal USD (PYUSD) to Stablechain, aiming to expand its distribution and make global payments faster and cheaper, according to a blog post Monday.
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29 days, 12 hours, 7 minutes ago
PayPal has invested in Stable, a stablecoin-focused blockchain. The move is the latest step by the payment settlement company in further exploring the digital asset space.
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29 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes ago
Stable, a Bitfinex-backed blockchain linked to Tether, announced PayPal Ventures' support to bring the PayPal USD stablecoin onto its network.
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29 days, 12 hours, 55 minutes ago
Layer 1 chain Stable adds PayPal USD support as PayPal Ventures invests to grow stablecoin's cross-chain utility
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29 days, 13 hours, 5 minutes ago
Stable Chain integrates PYUSD for transactions; PayPal Ventures invests.
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This partnership, enabled through LayerZero and Stargate, integrates PYUSD onto Aptos' high-speed, low-cost blockchain infrastructure. With Aptos already handling over $70 billion in monthly stablecoin volume, the collaboration aims to expand PYUSD's use in everyday payments and bring real-world applications closer to mainstream adoption.
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29 days, 16 hours, 56 minutes ago
Most cryptocurrencies are volatile investments that aren't suitable for conservative investors. However, stablecoins -- which are pegged to fiat currencies and other real-world assets -- might be compelling cryptos for investors who can't stomach a lot of near-term volatility.
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1 months, 17 hours, 34 minutes ago
Live from Stellar Meridian 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen sit down with PayPal's Global Head of Compliance and Regulatory Relations for Crypto, Larry Wade and Stellar's President and Chief Growth Officer José Fernández Da Ponte to announce their new partnership. They discuss how this partnership will bring more utility to stablecoins, the role of compliance in a regulated space, and how this alliance serves a long-term vision for the future of finance.
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1 months, 11 hours, 5 minutes ago
PayPal's stablecoin PYUSD is now available on nine more blockchains, thanks to integration with LayerZero's interoperability protocol.
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1 months, 20 minutes ago
With help from LayerZero, the stablecoin now works across nine new blockchains.
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1 months, 3 hours, 22 minutes ago
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.
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