Western Union to launch USDPT stablecoin 🤯🪙; PayPal’s Q3 2025: margin excellence is masking strategic vulnerability 🤔📊

FinTech is Eating the World, 29 October

Hey Everyone,

Good day & happy Wednesday! Today, we’re looking into Western Union, which is about to launch a USDPT stablecoin with Solana (what’s the USP here & why it matters for WU & their future + bonus reads on Citi & Coinbase stablecoin partnership and the ultimate list of stables resources inside), and PayPal’s Q3 2025, and why margin excellence is masking their strategic vulnerability (breaking down the key numbers, what they mean & whether PayPal is worth your time & money in 2025 and beyond). So let’s jump straight into the interesting stuff 🌶️

Western Union to launch USDPT stablecoin 🤯🪙

The BIG & Surprising news 🗞️ Western Union WU 0.00%↑, the 174-year-old remittance giant, just announced its strategic entry into the stablecoin market with plans to launch the U.S. Dollar Payment Token on the Solana blockchain in the first half of 2026.

The company will partner with Anchorage Digital Bank, the first federally chartered crypto institution, to issue the dollar-backed stablecoin and establish a comprehensive Digital Asset Network connecting cryptocurrency wallets with Western Union’s extensive network of over 500,000 physical locations worldwide.

Let’s take a look at this, break it all down, and see why it matters.