How to Buy PayPal USD Crypto (PYUSD)

What is PayPal USD PYUSD?

According to Coingecko, PayPal USD is : PayPal USD is designed to contribute to the opportunity stablecoins offer for payments and is 100% backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S Treasuries and similar cash equivalents. PayPal USD is redeemable 1:1 for U.S. dollars and is issued by Paxos Trust Company. Starting August 7, 2023 and rolling out in the coming weeks, eligible U.S. PayPal customers who purchase PayPal USD will be able to: -Transfer PayPal USD between PayPal and compatible external wallets -Send person-to-person payments using PYUSD -Fund purchases with PayPal USD by selecting it at checkout2 -Convert any of PayPal's supported cryptocurrencies to and from PayPal USD For more information, go to https://www.paypal.com/pyusd

Where can I buy PYUSD Crypto?

You can buy PayPal USD on Uniswap.

Why should you buy PayPal USD?

PayPal USD is really one of a kind project. The roadmap is incredibly promising and if the dev team can keep up with the with it, it's only a matter of time for the market to catch up. It's a very risky play but one that can yield amazing profits. Do you own diligence and research the project further so you can make your own decision.

How to Buy PayPal USD Crypto?

Step 1 - Setting up a Metamask Wallet

Metamask is by far the most used walled in the world of Ethereum. Whenever you want to buy and sell cryptocurrencies or even use blockchain apps that run on the Ethereum Network, Metamask will be your best friend. Setting up the wallet is also very simple and easy.

Head over to metamask.io and click Download. You'll need to use Google Chrome, Brave Browser, Firefox, or Microsoft Edge for this to work. So make sure you are using one of these four browsers. Now at the end of the page, click on the browser you're using and install the extension.

You are now the Welcome Page of Metamask. Click on 'Get Started.' Now click on 'Create a Wallet.' Choose a strong password for your Metamask wallet and continue.

Very Important Part! Keeping your backup phrase safe is the difference between having millions in your account or be that guy on the landfill looking for his old hard drive.

Click on reveal your backup phrase and write every word down on paper. Make sure you don't save your backup phrase on anything digital. This is for your security. After you wrote down your backup phrase, you'll be asked to confirm it. Click on every word in the correct order, and you should be done.

Step 2 - Buy Ethereum on Simpleswap

Simpleswap is the easiest way to buy crypto today. Free from registrations, KYC and third-party custody. With Simpleswap we can buy ETH and receive it directly on our on-chain Metamask wallet, skipping most of the steps we'd have to take through a traditional exchange.

Click here to access Simpleswap

Just click the Buy/Sell Crypto tab, insert the USD amount you want to trade for ETH, and click "Exchange", just like this:

Now all you have to do is click the Metamask fox logo to directly copy and paste your Metamask Ethereum address. It should add it automatically.

You can now choose between Google Pay or card to complete the payment:

Once you complete the payment, all you gotta do is wait a few minutes for the payment confirmation, and for the on-chain transaction to complete. Once all that is completed you should see your updated balance in Metamask.

Step 3 - Buy PayPal USD on Uniswap with ETH

Buy PYUSD on Uniswap with ETH

Uniswap is currently the number one Decentralized Exchanged in the world, and it's simply the best place to buy cryptocurrencies that aren't available on sites like Coinbase or Binance.

Before we head over to Uniswap, we need to prepare your Metamask Wallet to receive PayPal USD. Open Metamask, scroll all the way down, and click here:

Select Custom Token and paste this token contract address there:

0x6c3ea9036406852006290770bedfcaba0e23a0e8

The rest should autofill, and you need to click next and then add tokens. Your account is now ready to receive PayPal USD (PYUSD).

You can check the price and confirm the correct token address of PayPal USD on Coingecko.

Let's buy some PayPal USD!

Go to Uniswap. On the upper right corner, click on Connect Wallet and select Metamask. A confirmation popup should open on Metamask (click on the "little fox logo" if you don't see it). Now you need to accept, connect, and your wallet should be connected to Uniswap.

Select a token and paste the Token contract address: 0x6c3ea9036406852006290770bedfcaba0e23a0e8

Click Import and accept the terms.

Now you have to select the amount of ETH you want to trade for PYUSD. After you confirm it, another popup will appear from the Metamask extension and you should approve the transaction.

Wait a few minutes, and your PYUSD should appear on your Metamask Wallet.

Congratulations! You are now a proud Investor of PayPal USD!

In case your transactions keep on failing, adjust your slippage tolerance. To do that, click on Uniswap's gear icon, and put 5% here:

Adjust slippage on uniswap