PayPal Partner Mistakenly Mints $300 Trillion in PYUSD, Then Burns It
Paxos, the issuer behind PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted $300 trillion in excess tokens before swiftly burning the surplus and calling it a ‘technical error.’
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Paxos, the issuer behind PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted $300 trillion in excess tokens before swiftly burning the surplus and calling it a ‘technical error.’
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