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stablecoin collateral asset

PYUSD

PayPal USD is tracked as collateral exposure with issuer, redemption, deployment, and dependency assumptions separated from protocol-level findings.

under reviewmedium
Exposure
$310.0M
Mapped usage across reviewed markets.
Deployments
1
Ethereum
Controls
4
Issuer, admin, wrapper, and redemption controls.
Market usage
0
Protocol markets referencing this asset.

Asset facts

Typed fields that define the asset risk surface.

NamePayPal USD
IssuerPaxos / PayPal
Typestablecoin
Canonical chainEthereum
BackingFiat-backed stablecoin issued under centralized controls.
RedemptionIssuer-mediated redemption through supported PayPal and Paxos venues.
Review statusunder review

Deployments

Canonical chain and cross-chain deployment footprint.

1 chains
ChainRoleSettlementL2 stage
EthereumcanonicalEthereum L1Not applicable

Protocol market exposure

Markets where this asset is accepted as collateral.

0 rows
No protocol markets use this asset
Collateral usage will appear once protocol markets reference this asset id.

Risk findings

Asset-level assumptions with explicit evidence and outcome text.

SeverityDimensionFindingOutcomeEvidenceSources
mediumasset issuerCentralized issuer controlsFunds can be frozen.PYUSD inherits issuer mint, burn, and compliance controls.

Dependency edges

Issuer, wrapper, backing, bridge, oracle, and protocol paths touching this asset.

SeverityDirectionEdge typeDependency pathAnalyst label
mediumoutbounddepends onPYUSD -> USDCPYUSD liquidity often routes through major USD stablecoin markets
lowoutboundsettles onPYUSD -> EthereumPYUSD deployment inherits Ethereum chain assumptions

Blast radius

Highest-severity mapped paths that could propagate asset risk.

2 paths
SeverityDirectionEdge typeDependency pathAnalyst label
mediumoutbounddepends onPYUSD -> USDCPYUSD liquidity often routes through major USD stablecoin markets
lowoutboundsettles onPYUSD -> EthereumPYUSD deployment inherits Ethereum chain assumptions