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Bitcoin has had a rough Q4 and lost 25% of its value from its $125,000 peak. Here are the 3 macro catalysts driving the decline.

YouTube is boarding the stablecoin train by enabling payouts in PayPal’s PYUSD to creators.

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3 Macro Factors Driving The Bitcoin Drawdown From $125,000 To $90,000

Bitcoin's months-long range-bound trading, and a 12% pullback that's keeping it from reclaiming $100,000, has traders digging into what's driving the weakness.

Pseudonymous macro researcher Capital Flows elaborated in a detailed X thread that three key macro forces are behind Bitcoin's drawdown…

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FINTECH FOCUS

YouTube To Roll Out PayPal Stablecoin Payout Option For US Creators

YouTube, owned by Alphabet, will now allow U.S. creators to receive their payouts in stablecoins.

Creators can opt to receive earnings in PayPal’s stablecoin, PayPal Holdings Inc head of crypto May Zabaneh confirmed.

The feature uses PayPal’s existing payouts infrastructure, meaning YouTube itself never handles any crypto directly.

The move comes as Big Tech increasingly embraces stablecoins amid clearer regulation and rising mainstream adoption, The Fortune reported.

PayPal first enabled payouts in PYUSD for general recipients early in Q3.

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