Why is PayPal’s stablecoin PYUSD struggling a month after launch?
Real-world adoption of PayPal’s stablecoin PYUSD has been sluggish with just $45M in reserves reported so far.
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Real-world adoption of PayPal’s stablecoin PYUSD has been sluggish with just $45M in reserves reported so far.
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Total stablecoin market cap has fallen for 14 consecutive months and currently sits at its lowest level since September 2021.
The move follows the SEC's demand that crypto exchange Paxos stop minting Binance's BUSD stablecoin because it may be a security.
Paxos has announced that it will no longer issue Binance USD after an order from the New York Department of Financial Services.
— Crypto, Justin Sun
With no recent capital injections or incentives for short-sellers, solving problems with USDD and USDJ doesn't seem to be a priority for Sun.
The UST co-founder was accused of siphoning off $2.7 billion in 33 monthly withdrawals of $80 million each.
— Crypto, Stablecoin
Third-largest stablecoin UST de-pegged from the US dollar, traded as low as $0.62, and lost over $4 billion in market capitalization.
— Crypto, Stablecoin
Fir Tree, which manages $4 billion in assets, reckons Tether is backed by watery Chinese commercial paper tied to troubled real estate plays.
Coinbase wants a slice of the $700 billion remittance industry by encouraging Mexicans to use its stablecoin USDC instead of Pesos.
— Crypto, Stablecoin
This is Tether's timeline in full, starting in 1996 when its now chief financial officer was caught selling fake Microsoft software licenses.