PANews 12月19日消息，据Cryptopolitan报道，支付巨头PayPal宣布，其稳定币PYUSD将与Web3协议USD.AI合作，用于为人工智能（AI）公司提供资金支持。届时，USD.AI将利用PYUSD为AI公司提供GPU和数据中心方面的信贷与融资服务。双方打算将常用支付框架与可编程结算相结合，以此促进长期信贷、租赁以及即将开展的代理驱动交易。这两家公司还承诺，作为客户激励计划，将为总额达10亿美元的存款提供4.5%的利率，以吸引更多客户。该激励计划将于1月初启动，持续一年。

<p>PANews 12月19日消息，据Cryptopolitan报道，支付巨头PayPal宣布，其稳定币PYUSD将与Web3协议USD.AI合作，用于为人工智能（AI）公司提供资金支持。届时，USD.AI将利用PYUSD为AI公司提供GPU和数据中心方面的信贷与融资服务。双方打算将常用支付框架与可编程结算相结合，以此促进长期信贷、租赁以及即将开展的代理驱动交易。这两家公司还承诺，作为客户激励计划，将为总额达10亿美元的存款提供4.5%的利率，以吸引更多客户。该激励计划将于1月初启动，持续一年。</p>

PayPal将稳定币PYUSD应用场景拓展至为AI开发提供资金支持

PANews reported on December 19th that, according to Cryptopolitan, payment giant PayPal announced that its stablecoin PYUSD will partner with the Web3 protocol to provide funding for artificial intelligence (AI) companies. The protocol will utilize PYUSD to offer credit and financing services to AI companies for GPUs and data centers. The two companies intend to combine commonly used payment frameworks with programmable settlement to facilitate long-term credit, leasing, and upcoming agency-driven transactions. They also pledged a 4.5% interest rate on deposits totaling $1 billion as a customer incentive program to attract more customers. This incentive program will launch in early January and last for one year.

<p>PANews reported on December 19th that, according to Cryptopolitan, payment giant PayPal announced a partnership between its stablecoin PYUSD and the Web3 protocol USD.AI to provide funding for artificial intelligence (AI) companies. USD.AI will utilize PYUSD to offer credit and financing services to AI companies for GPUs and data centers. The two companies intend to combine commonly used payment frameworks with programmable settlement to facilitate long-term credit, leasing, and upcoming agency-driven transactions. They also pledged a 4.5% interest rate on deposits totaling $1 billion as a customer incentive program to attract more customers. This incentive program will launch in early January and last for one year.</p>

PayPal expands the use cases of its stablecoin PYUSD to provide funding support for AI development.

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