PayPal will soon be a payment option in Google’s new AI-powered checkout through the Universal Commerce Protocol, which connects AI agents, retailers, and payment providers. The protocol was developed with major retailers and aims to make online shopping easier, more secure, and interoperable across different platforms.

PayPal is partnering with USD.AI to offer PYUSD stablecoin loans to AI companies, helping them fund GPUs, data centres, and other infrastructure. The programme also includes a one-year incentive offering 4.5% yield to attract institutional investors and support the growth of AI projects.

PayPal applied for a U.S. bank charter to offer direct loans to small businesses and interest-bearing savings accounts. The company also filed with the FDIC to ensure deposits would be federally insured.

The stablecoin market has reached a historic milestone, crossing $310 billion in total capitalization for the first time. This surge underscores the growing importance of fiat-backed digital assets in the crypto ecosystem and signals increasing trust from both retail and institutional investors amid market volatility.

YouTube is taking a bold step toward integrating crypto into their ecosystem, now allowing U.S.-based creators to receive earnings in PayPal’s dollar-backed stablecoin, PYUSD, according to Fortune.

Kraken has added PayPal deposits for US users, letting them move dollars into their trading accounts instantly. The feature supports PayPal balances, linked cards, and bank accounts, with a $7,000 weekly limit.

PayPal is making a bold move to reshape global payments with the unveiling of the PayPal World platform, designed to connect local digital wallets with PayPal’s vast global merchant network.

Strategy now holds over 600,000 Bitcoin worth nearly $71 billion, making it one of the biggest corporate treasuries in the US. Its chairman, Michael Saylor, has hinted at another large Bitcoin purchase with a cryptic post online.

PayPal’s USD-pegged stablecoin, PYUSD, has secretly went live on Ethereum Layer 2 network Arbitrum, accordign to an updated version of PayPal’s cryptocurrency terms and conditions, published on July 16, 2025.

Circle debuted on the NYSE under the ticker CRCL at $31 per share, raising over $1 billion after multiple IPO upsizings—signalling strong investor confidence in its stablecoin strategy.