{"id":17269,"date":"2023-09-01T12:18:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=17269"},"modified":"2023-09-01T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:18:08","slug":"paypals-stablecoin-launch-could-end-the-crypto-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/paypals-stablecoin-launch-could-end-the-crypto-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal&#8217;s Stablecoin Launch Could End the Crypto Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PayPal&#8217;s launch of the PYUSD stablecoin has the potential to shift the cryptocurrency landscape from speculative ventures to practical payment applications. The combination of the first US financial firm (and its connections with assets like US treasuries) backing the stablecoin and the efficiency of asset-backed stablecoins in enabling faster and cheaper transactions is giving has many experts excited about the future of crypto. Given PayPal\u2019s vast user based (including Venmo), this initiative could reshape perceptions and regulatory discussions about stablecoins and just might be the first thaw of the crypto winter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-17269 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor (August 2023)'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-august-2023\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/7ad99343-f644-aabb-b767-6259099e82fd1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-17279\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-17279'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor (August 2023)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Top 10 digital transformation trends shaping 2020'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/top-10-digital-transformation-trends-shaping-2020\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/top-10-digital-transformation-trends-shaping-2020-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14251\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14251'>\n\t\t\t\tTop 10 digital transformation trends shaping 2020\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Lack of available talent amid boom of interest in blockchain'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/lack-of-available-talent-amid-boom-of-interest-in-blockchain\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lack-of-available-talent-amid-boom-of-interest-in-blockchain-e1556873679645-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12738\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12738'>\n\t\t\t\tLack of available talent amid boom of interest in blockchain\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PayPal&#8217;s launch of the PYUSD stablecoin has the potential to shift the cryptocurrency landscape from speculative ventures to practical payment applications. The combination of the first US financial firm (and its connections with assets like US treasuries) backing the stablecoin and the efficiency of asset-backed stablecoins in enabling faster and cheaper transactions is giving has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17270,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17269\/revisions\/17270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}