Overview
- The payout option is live for eligible U.S. creators, confirmed by PayPal crypto head May Zabaneh, with Google acknowledging the addition.
- Earnings route through PayPal’s existing payouts rails, with YouTube settling in fiat while PayPal converts to PYUSD for opt‑in creators.
- Creators can hold PYUSD in PayPal or Venmo, spend within supported tools, transfer on‑chain via PayPal’s crypto flows, or convert back to dollars.
- PYUSD, issued with Paxos in 2023, holds a market cap near $3.9–$4.0 billion based on CoinGecko data and has been integrated across PayPal services.
- The rollout follows new U.S. stablecoin rules under the GENIUS Act and reflects a broader shift toward stablecoin payout rails, with no international timeline disclosed.