Tether onboards head of government affairs from PayPal

Jesse Spiro said he intended to work with industry leaders and lawmakers to help grow the ecosystem in his role at Tether.

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Former PayPal executive joins Tether as Head of Government Affairs

Tether's strategic hire of a seasoned government affairs expert underscores its commitment to navigating regulatory complexities and fostering industry collaboration. The post Former PayPal executive joins Tether as Head of Government Affairs appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Tether poaches PayPal exec to engage with lawmakers

Tether has appointed former PayPal executive Jesse Spiro as its head of government affairs to lead policy and engagement with lawmakers, regulators, and key stakeholders. Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) is expanding its government relations efforts with the appointment of Jesse…

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PYUSD hits $1 billion milestone with the majority of its supply on Solana

PayPal’s stablecoin PYUSD surpassed $1 billion in market cap on Aug. 24, according to CoinGecko data.   On an X (formerly Twitter) post, PYUSD’s issuer Paxos celebrated the feat, highlighting how fast the stablecoin crossed the important mark when compared to its peers, USD Coin (USDC) and Tether USD (USDT).

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Tether’s Co-Founder Expresses Doubt Over PayPal’s Foray Into Stablecoins, Predicting A Dearth Of Innovation

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Почему стейблкоин PayPal не станет серьёзной инновацией для индустрии криптовалют: ответ сооснователя Tether

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Tether Co-Founder Sizes Up PayPal’s Stablecoin Ambitions

Tether pioneer William Quigley, who was also an early investor in PayPal, said he doubts the payments giant will bring much innovation to the stablecoin space.

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Can PayPal’s PYUSD Be Frozen In Your Wallet Like Tether’s USDT?

PayPal and Paxos dominated the news cycle on Monday with the announcement of the launch of the PayPal (PYUSD) stablecoin, but concerns have been raised about the possibility of user assets being frozen in their wallets, as is the case with USDT.

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BREAKING: PayPal Unveils Dollar-Backed Stablecoin On Ethereum

According to a press release, payment company PayPal launched a U.S.-backed stablecoin called PayPal USD (PYUSD). The digital asset is supported by short-term US treasuries and their cash equivalents, and other assets in the nascent sector, such as Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC), are redeemable on a 1:1 parity for its underlying. Related Reading: […]

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WAX - a web3 ecosystem for gaming

William Quigley is the co-founder of WAX, a web3 ecosystem for gaming and NFTs, and Tether, the most traded cryptocurrency in the world. William was an early investor in leading Web 1.0 era companies including Paypal, and early blockchain companies such as Kraken and Coinbase.

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Jeremy Allaire: ‘USDC is halfway to flipping PayPal’

USDC has seen huge growth and is gaining fast on Tether, the king of the stablecoins.

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First Mover: PayPal Rushes in and Bitcoin Breaches $12K, While USDC Gains on Tether

PayPal gets conditional N.Y. state license for crypto. Bitcoin prices shoot past $12K. Dollar stablecoin USDC grabs market share from tether.

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Tether Beats Bitcoin and PayPal in Average Daily Transfer Value

Coinspeaker Tether Beats Bitcoin and PayPal in Average Daily Transfer ValueThe Tether Transparency report showed Tether’s continuous growth in terms of supply. The report revealed that USDT’s supply has now exceeded $13 billion.

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Tether’s (USDT) daily transfer volume goes beyond $3.55 billion

Tether (USDT) has recently seen a major surge in its average daily transfer value. In fact, the growth has exceeded $3. 55 billion as of August 20th, which officially put it ahead of Bitcoin, but also PayPal itself.

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Tether обогнал bitcoin и PayPal по объему ежедневных переводов

Также стейблкоин превосходит BTC по популярности в Восточной Азии.

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Tether tops Paypal and Bitcoin for average daily transfer value

Average daily transfer value for Tether exceeded that for Bitcoin in August.

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Paypal Pullout Prompts Pornhub to Add Tether as Payment Option for Its Adult Models

The porn industry is seen by many as a perfect fit for widespread cryptocurrency usage as it suffers from financial censorship far more than most businesses. When Paypal stopped servicing Pornhub models, the company hinted it might turn to digital currency as an alternative and now this has been accomplished with the Tether stablecoin USDT.

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Will Mass Adoption Be More PayPal or Pornhub?

Bakkt preps consumer app for 2020 launch while Pornhub starts performer payouts in Tether, plus a controversial, obligatory new dev fund in BCH.

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Pornhub adds support for Tether following PayPal’s ban last year

Pornhub, a leading adult entertainment website, recently began supporting a new cryptocurrency payment method after PayPal ended support for the company’s models last year. Pornhub’s management notes that it will now accept major stablecoin Tether, which maintains a one-to-one peg with the US dollar and currently has a market capitalization of over $4.

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Pornhub Adds Tether Stablecoin as New Crypto Payment Option

Pornhub adds Tron-based USDT as an alternative payment option to PayPal, which abruptly stopped servicing its models in late 2019

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Pornhub Now Lets Models Get Paid With the Tether Stablecoin

Pornhub has added new performer payment options including the tether (USDT) stablecoin, two months after being apparently dropped by PayPal.

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Crypto Market Forecast: 7th October

Following the deep price drops which closed out the month of September, October started with a quiet, middling week of trading activity. In the wider ecosystem, the Bitfinex/Tether group appears to be readying themselves for major lawsuits around claims of market manipulation, while payment processing giant Paypal says it will leave the Libra blockchain consortium.

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Finding Flaws: Where is the backlash against Facebook’s Libra emanating from? 

Facebook’s aim of building the next payment focused vision for the technology world began on a high. With the likes of MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, and Uber backing Project Libra, the consortium looked set to tether together the finance-technology-crypto realms, but then, as all movie scripts go, a villain stepped forth.

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Best of Bitcoin & Tether Combined? 10 Libra Whitepaper Takeaways

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency whitepaper dropped this week, sending shockwaves through the Bitcoin and altcoin community. Is Libra the thing that pulls blockchain kicking and screaming into the mainstream, for the benefit of one and all? Or is it the final nail in the coffin of a cryptocurrency experiment just a decade old? Here are 10 key takeaways from the newly released Libra whitepaper.

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The Daily: Bitfinex Launches Tether Margin Trading, Zebpay Resumes BCH Transactions

In today’s edition of The Daily, we feature a number of recent developments from influential cryptocurrency exchanges including Bitfinex, Coinbase and Zebpay. We also cover the latest investment in the field by Paypal co-founder, Peter Thiel.

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Основатель Bitcoin Foundation Чарли Шрем: Новый стейблкоин — это биткоин

Социальный экономист, криптовалютный трейдер и основатель Bitcoin Foundation Чарли Шрем заявил, что стейблкоины — это не что иное, как разрекламированная версия PayPal. Он отметил, что дорожная карта стейблкоинов ненадёжна, указывая, в частности, на Tether. Говоря о параллели между «привязанными» ва...

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Yes, Stablecoins Can Secure Official Audits from Major Firms

“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.

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