PayPal taking off-ramp fees to 0
>Typically you get squeezed on costs twice via all major venues, 1st when you swap stables to fiat and then 2nd when you off-ramp fiat to your bank
> Was playing around, and you can go PYUSD to USD for free in Venmo. And then you can off-ramp your Venmo balance fee free direct to your bank
> Supports PYUSD on Sol, Eth, Arb and Stellar
> Hope the saved fees buy someone something nice, happy holidays!

PayPal now paying 4% on Venmo to holders of their stablecoin, PYUSD
For context, Venmo has ~64 million monthly users vs. Coinbase at ~9 million
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