Paxos Accidentally Minted $300 Trillion of PayPal’s Stablecoin — Then Burned It

Stablecoin issuer Paxos revealed that it erroneously minted $300 trillion worth of PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin on Wednesday, only to reverse the mistake minutes later by burning the excess tokens. Blockchain records visible on Etherscan confirmed the flurry of minting and burning transactions, exposing a rare but dramatic “fat-finger” error in the reportedly tightly controlled world of stablecoin issuance. The transactions revealed that the firm had accidentally added six extra zeros during minting. Within ...