YouTube Adds Stablecoin Payout Option for U.S. Creators

By DanMalam | Dan Malam | 12 Dec 2025


Eligible YouTube Partner Program members in the U.S. can now receive payouts in PayPal USD (PYUSD), a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the dollar and running on Ethereum and Solana. Creators opt in via their AdSense-linked PayPal accounts, with PayPal handling the crypto side while YouTube stays focused on content. 

A Big Tech continues to move into crypto. The latest example is a move by YouTube to let creators on the video platform choose to receive payouts in PayPal’s stablecoin. The head of crypto at PayPal, May Zabaneh, confirmed the arrangement to Fortune, adding that the feature is live and, as of now, only applies to users in the U.S. 

PayPal's Neal McNerney called it a key move for accessible digital assets, and a YouTube spokesperson noted more choices for hard-earned revenue.

Qualification requires 1,000 subscribers, 4,000 watch hours, and a verified U.S. PayPal account, offering quick transfers without bank waits.

 

A spokesperson for Google, which owns YouTube, confirmed the video site has added payouts for creators in PayPal’s stablecoin but declined to comment further.

YouTube is already an existing customer of PayPal’s and uses the fintech giant’s payouts service, which helps large enterprises pay gig workers and contractors. 

Early in the third quarter, PayPal added the capability for payment recipients to receive their checks in PayPal’s stablecoin, PYUSD. Afterwards, YouTube decided to give that option to creators, who receive a share of earnings from the content they post on the platform, said Zabaneh.

“The beauty of what we’ve built is that YouTube doesn’t have to touch crypto and so we can help take away that complexity,” she added.

YouTube’s addition of payouts in PYUSD isn’t the first time Google has experimented with PayPal’s stablecoin. An executive at Google Cloud, the tech giant’s cloud computing arm, previously toldFortune that it had received payments from two of its customers in PYUSD. 

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