{"id":312866,"date":"2024-05-30T04:39:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=312866"},"modified":"2024-05-30T04:39:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:09:55","slug":"paypals-pyusd-stablecoin-set-to-expand-to-solana-blockchain-says-payments-giant-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/paypals-pyusd-stablecoin-set-to-expand-to-solana-blockchain-says-payments-giant-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal\u2019s PYUSD Stablecoin Set To Expand to Solana Blockchain, Says Payments Giant &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Payments giant PayPal says that its stablecoin, PayPalUSD (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/paypal-usd\/\">PYUSD<\/a>), is expanding onto the blockchain of smart contract platform Solana (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/solana\">SOL<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In a new company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.paypal-corp.com\/2024-05-29-PayPal-USD-Stablecoin-Now-Available-on-Solana-Blockchain,-Providing-Faster,-Cheaper-Transactions-for-Consumers\">press release<\/a>, PayPal says that the dollar-pegged crypto asset PYUSD \u2013 which launched in August 2023 in collaboration with the Paxos Trust Company \u2013 is now available on Solana, making it cheaper and faster to use.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Solana blockchain is known for processing massive amounts of transactions at high speeds with extremely low costs, providing significant benefits for commerce use cases.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As the most used blockchain for stablecoin transfers, according to data from blockchain analytics platform Artemis, Solana has emerged as the leading blockchain to run tokenized transactions and is ideal for PYUSD as it continues to be used for payment use cases.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last month, PayPal <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2024\/04\/05\/online-payments-giant-paypal-enables-cross-border-stablecoin-funded-money-transfers-for-us-customers\/\">rolled out<\/a> a feature that would allow consumers to send remittances in the form of PYSUSD to over 160 countries via Xoom, a money transfer service owned by PayPal.<\/p>\n<p>As stated by Jose Fernandez da Ponte, senior vice president of the Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Digital Currency Group at PayPal, at the time,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEnabling US users of Xoom the option to fund cross-border money transfers using PYUSD builds on our goal of driving mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies while also offering an easy way to securely send money to friends and family at a lower cost.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">X<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any losses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Featured Image: Shutterstock\/spainter_vfx<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Payments giant PayPal says that its stablecoin, PayPalUSD (PYUSD), is expanding onto the blockchain of smart contract platform Solana (SOL). In a new company press release, PayPal says that the dollar-pegged crypto asset PYUSD \u2013 which launched in August 2023 in collaboration with the Paxos Trust Company \u2013 is now available on Solana, making it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-312866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312866"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312878,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312866\/revisions\/312878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}