About
PayPal is a global payments network that issues PayPal USD (PYUSD), minted by Paxos, and integrates stablecoin functionality across PayPal, Venmo and its merchant/payouts products. PYUSD has expanded to 70+ countries and is used for cross-border business payouts via PayPal's 'Pay with Crypto' merchant feature.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 1998
- HQ
- San Jose, USA
- Stage
- Public
- Funding
- Public (NASDAQ: PYPL)
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