Seeds of Wisdom RV and Economic Updates Wednesday Morning 11-20-24

20/11/2024

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BRICS NEWS: 4 NEW COUNTRIES SHOW INTEREST TO JOIN BRICS ALLIANCE

A total of four new countries have expressed their interest in joining the BRICS alliance this month. The number of countries that are ready to be a part of the bloc is only growing lately. The de-dollarization agenda, clubbed with a renewed consideration of local currencies is what’s attracting emerging economies into the bloc.

Four new nations have come forward officially expressing their intent to be a part of the BRICS alliance. The four countries that want to join the bloc are: Bolivia Columbia Libya Namibia.

While Bolivia is already a part of the BRICS alliance via the ‘Partner countries.’ It is now looking to be a full-time member. “BRICS is a new alternative that will be able to help first of all countries like Bolivia, but also many others,” said Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa. “This shows that there is a vision of integration, a multilateral vision where all countries have this opportunity,” she said.

Columbia, Libya, and Namibia are knocking on the doors of the BRICS alliance for an official membership. Nonetheless, the expansion could only happen in 2025 as the bloc started the new ‘Partner Countries’ initiative. Therefore, these countries are unlikely to be a part of the grouping this year or any time soon.

The BRICS alliance invited 13 new nations to join the bloc as ‘Partner Countries’ during the 16th summit in Kazan. Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that all the countries will officially become partners after they approve the invitation.

“The establishment of a new category of partner countries has become a significant conclusion of the Kazan Summit. The list of potential candidate countries was also agreed upon, to which the Russian presidency will send a relevant invitation,” said Putin.

@ Newshounds News™

Source: Watcher Guru

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PAYPAL TAPS XOOM FOR CROSS-BORDER STABLECOIN PAYMENTS

The partnership is designed to expand access to PYUSD in Asian and African markets, PayPal said

PayPal has tapped Xoom to enable cross-border payments using its stablecoin, PayPal USD, the payments giant said on Nov. 19.

The partnership is designed to expand access to PYUSD in Asian and African markets and let PayPal settle cross-border transactions outside of traditional banking hours, PayPal said.

Xoom is working with Cebuana Lhuillier and Yellow Card to handle PYUSD disbursements.

“[S]tablecoins like PYUSD are changing the payments landscape, and by integrating our technology, they will be able to move money in the most effective way possible thanks to our stablecoin and payments infrastructure,” Chris Maurice, Yellow Card’s CEO, said in a statement.

Launched in 2023, PYUSD is backed 1:1 by US dollars and is issued by Paxos Trust Company, a United States-regulated crypto custodian. It competes with other regulated, dollar-backed stablecoins, such as Circle Internet Financial’s USDC.

An Ethereum-compatible ERC-20 token, PYUSD is the only stablecoin supported on PayPal’s payment rails. It is designed to be “available to an already large and growing community of external developers, wallets and Web3 applications” and easily onboarded by cryptocurrency exchanges, according to PayPal.

PayPal has been taking steps to expand PYUSD’s accessibility, including working with Anchorage Digital to launch a rewards program for clients who custody PayPal USD stablecoins with the crypto custodian.

In May, PayPal launched PYUSD on Solana, partnering with Crypto.com, Phantom and Paxos to on-ramp users onto the blockchain network.

It also partnered with Web3 infrastructure provider MoonPay to buy cryptocurrency using a PayPal account. That partnership extended to on-ramping users to crypto betting platform Polymarket in July.

Coinbase, which also has an institutional custody arm, incentivizes users to hold stablecoins on its platform as well. It currently offers approximately 5.2% annual percentage yield on USDC. Coinbase owns an equity stake in Circle.

Despite its recent successes, PYUSD still greatly lags behind dollar-pegged stablecoins USDT and USDC. According to data from CoinMarketCap, the two leading stablecoins command market capitalizations of some $128 billion and $37 billion, respectively.

@ Newshounds News™