It's supposed to maintain a $1USD value and backed up by the following:
- Dollar deposits
- US treasuries
- Cash equivalents.
Thoughts on this? I'm not a Paypal user so I don't see the benefits of using this over USD yet. Are conversion rates supposed to be higher or trade fees become lower for PYUSD pairs?
https://www.paypal.com/us/digital-wallet/manage-money/crypto/pyusd
I think this new stablecoin is nothing but pure hype. It doesn't bring anything new to the table. PYUSD is just like Tether and USD Coin but with PayPal's branding. Those who have an account on PayPal will be able to access PYUSD directly for goods and/or services. The company is just trying to get into the crypto/Blockchain train. Binance USD is also issued by Paxos (the same issuer of PYUSD), and it's been facing issues with the regulators recently.
Don't expect PayPal to be treated any better, especially when "The FED" doesn't want to lose control/dominance over the USD. If Facebook's planned stablecoin turned into a failure, I would expect the same to happen with PYUSD in the long run. Things could turn into another direction if the US eases off its crypto regulations. No one can predict the future, so we can only hope for the best. Just my thoughts