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PayPal Confirms It's Exploring the Launch of its Own Stablecoin

posted by janrinok on Sunday January 09, @07:01PM   
from the stable-coin-might-exit-the-barn dept.

upstart writes:

PayPal confirms it's exploring the launch of its own stablecoin:

PayPal has been expanding its cryptocurrency business since it opened trading to all users in 2020. It allowed US customers to check out with cryptocurrency and increased its crypto buy limit over the past year. In the future, it might also offer a stablecoin of its own. Jose Fernandez da Ponte, SVP of crypto and digital currencies at PayPal, has confirmed to Bloomberg that the online payment provider is "exploring a stablecoin." He also said that the company will work closely with relevant regulators "if and when [it] seek[s] to move forward."

A developer named Steve Moser found hidden code and images for a "PayPal Coin" in the company's app and shared them with Bloomberg. Based on what he discovered, the PayPal Coin will be backed by the US dollar.

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• This Will Be Fun This Will Be Fun (Score: 3, Touché) by Mojibake Tengu on Sunday January 09, @07:54PM (2 children)

  by Mojibake Tengu (8598) on Sunday January 09, @07:54PM (#1211302) Journal

  Reminder: Corporations may legally bankrupt.

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• Re:This Will Be Fun Re:This Will Be Fun (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 09, @08:32PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 09, @08:32PM (#1211310)

  But can't let the peon's do the same! Seriously, time to roll back corporate giveaways.

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  • Re:This Will Be Fun (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday January 10, @01:37PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday January 10, @01:37PM (#1211483)

    Actually, people can also bankrupt, but people have to live with the consequences for 7+ years whereas Corporations simply dissolve (and the principals often go reform a new corporation to do the same thing even before the bankrupt one is gone.)

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