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  Herbert Yang (@herbertyang) reported 6 minutes ago

  How to use ICP to top up @ProtonMail account: I switched to Switzerland-based Proton about 10 years ago from Gmail as part of the effort to de-google myself. Among Proton's many great features, one of them is that it accepts crypto payment in $BTC . For an #ICP user, this is how you can take advantage of this to use ICP to pay for Proton services. 1/ In your @oisy wallet (the best ICP wallet, built by @dfinity team), convert $ICP into $ckBTC . As both are using ICP's ICRC standard, the conversion is instant and has no gas fee. 2/ In Oisy's BTC asset, which includes both the native BTC and ckBTC (in an account abstraction fashion), choose ckBTC, and then convert $ckBTC into $BTC. This step will require the standard block confirmation on the BTC mainnet. 3/ In the Proton account, All Settings => Credits => Add Credits, pick the dollar amount. Proton will provide the needed BTC amount and a BTC address (this address is regenerated every time, not a static one). 4/ In Oisy, send over this amount of BTC to the Proton address. Proton will show something like, "your credit is received ...". This "Add credits" pop-up window will disappear. When the BTC's mainnet confirmation is finished (30-60 minutes), the "Credits" section will display the updated balance from the BTC top-up, and Proton will automatically deduct the monthly fee from this balance on the due date. This is almost perfect, except that Proton does not support a yearly subscription with BTC yet - i. e., you can only pay BTC as you go month to month (but it's automatic deduction, so it's good enough), not in an annual plan fashion, which can save 20-30%. Why go through the trouble of using BTC/ICP but not a credit card or PayPal? No KYC, love. Total anonymity.

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  The Xend army🕊️ (@XendArmy01) reported 7 minutes ago

  @rwaassetchain You’re correctly identifying the bottleneck but “always the answer” skips a few hard realities. Stablecoins (like $USDC) fix the transport layer: instant settlement, 24/7 uptime, low fees. That’s a clear upgrade over legacy rails and platforms like PayPal. But creator payouts are a full stack problem: On/offramps: creators still need local fiat, and cashing out reintroduces fees + delays Compliance: KYC, tax reporting, and jurisdictional rules don’t disappear onchain Distribution UX: wallets, key management, and support overhead still limit adoption Liquidity + trust: stablecoins rely on issuers and redemption guarantees So the real answer isn’t purely onchain it’s modular rails: Onchain for settlement and global distribution Local rails for access, spend, and compliance The shift happening now is that onchain becomes the default backend, even if the front-end still looks like traditional finance. @rwaassetchain

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  Simon Taylor (@sytaylor) reported 11 minutes ago

  🚨 JUST IN: Former PayPal CEO David Marcus just unveiled a stablecoin banking product for businesses and AI agents. Stablecoin balances. Yield. Payments. Cards. All chain-native, all behind an API. This is Banking-as-a-Service but onchain. --- Banking-as-a-Service is getting rebuilt on stablecoin rails. The old stack - Middleware (e.g. Unit / Synctera) - Galileo - FBO accounts at a sponsor bank There's now a chain-native version. - Squads Grid does it on Solana. - Bridge built it for fintechs, payroll and non banks - BVNK ships it embedded. Lightspark now joins them, with distribution into 65 countries and a Bitcoin L2 underneath. --- I keep thinking about how the "account" itself is being unbundled. What used to be a sub-ledger entry at a partner bank becomes a programmable smart account that holds dollars, settles 24/7, keeps its own yield, issues cards, and accepts agent-scoped permissions. The bank charter turns into a feature you plug in for accessing other rails. --- The agent piece is marketing, but its also more than that. Lightspark is already inside Google's AP2 protocol. As agents want to become platforms in their own right, re-sell financial services to their customers, they'd want a BaaS like thing. Why not go for something that uses stablecoins? --- Marcus has THE most fascinating back story - Former CEO of PayPal, has moved money traditionally - Behind Libra at Meta a global bank account and "stablecoin" that regulators pushed back on. Now this is a global stablecoin bank account distributed through an API, post-GENIUS Act, sold to businesses and machines. Sometimes timing is everthing. Does this compliment or commoditize BaaS over time? I expect the answer becomes obvious within 18 months.

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  Soju Berry (@soju_berry_) reported 13 minutes ago

  Been rejected for Paypal pay in 3 AGAIN, I have never had issues before! #Paypal

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  🌟Lilo🌟 Vgen Commissions Open (@Dreamin_lilo) reported 13 minutes ago

  @decoplum18 @PayPal I had something like this happen to me not long ago! Try to talk to a repressentative to tell you what the problem is, i had to talk to like 3 people before they told me they just needed an updated ID lol

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  𝐂𝐈𝐑𝐈_𝐕𝐓🐾🪶 (@Ciri_VT) reported 14 minutes ago

  @AranTheLichKing That sounds fine if you are using the account for actual business/creator purposes: streaming income, tips, commissions, invoices, merch, services, etc. The issue is not “having a PayPal Business account.” The issue is treating it like a name privacy shield while using it however you want. So yes, using a creator/business name like “Aran The Lich King” may be fine for branding. But when tax season comes, the income still needs to be properly tracked and reported to the correct tax authority. If you are audited and you have been hiding income, mixing personal and business activity badly, or withholding information from tax authorities, that can become a serious problem fast.

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  simbakis (@Simbakis) reported 16 minutes ago

  @AbdoMosa_ @mostafaezztaman It’s a big issue here PayPal apparently has a lot of issues but I’m hearing there are other ways people are using now

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  Mia (@FindomFunDotCom) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Rehan77536607 Probably the PayPal game where id take control remotely of his laptop while both on videochat, he'd sign into PP & then go to the end of his apt & when I gave the command he'd have to run to the laptop & shut it down before I sent myself money. Id always win.

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  Amby 🌊🪽| VArtist (@ambypuffs) reported 22 minutes ago

  @decoplum18 @PayPal Im sorry 😭i unfortunately also went through this too randomly with no warning 0 chargebacks or issues my account it was always in good standing so took me by surprise. I contacted them endlessly but they said they couldn’t share their reasoning with me and was no reversing it..

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  University of ZERO (@zerotalktoai) reported 26 minutes ago

  Use case: $ZEROTHINK is an access key for a live AI product. Utility: holders can unlock ZeroThink Pro without a PayPal subscription while eligible. Anti-abuse: the server rechecks live wallet balance and market value. No custody: users sign a message. ZeroThink never asks for seed phrases or moves coins.

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  jaxon 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ (@spiderghostss) reported 26 minutes ago

  @RealCyng31 @RogonUsaryis using a fake name on cashapp (for example) and using one on paypal have a drastic consequence gap. cashapp & other similar apps couldnt care less about what name you put on there, but using it on paypal can get you into genuine legal trouble because of your SSN being attached

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  Folurdir (@Folurdir) reported 28 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Hello! I need help with a login issue. I need to reset my password but I no longer have access to the registered phone number. I cannot send you a DM directly. Could you please send me a DM so I can provide my account details securely? Thank you!

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  🔞Yhwach The Void Petter🔞 (@ph1shmo1ey) reported 29 minutes ago

  @V0IDEYEDPANDA @PayPal @AskPayPal paypal fix yo ****, boosting

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  Ori (@therealOri_) reported 31 minutes ago

  @RogonUsaryis @PayPal They would only indefinitely fill up server space with junk, as whatever database is being written to, to store account data and logins would just be growing bigger and bigger with dead accounts and junk.

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  Gogopawra🐾💛 🇵🇸 (@Gogopawra) reported 31 minutes ago

  @EeshaParacha I think PayPal is not working for them and they're asking for VGen payment aka stripe powered payment method