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PayPal Links + cryptocurrency transfers = a deadly threat to CEX? PayPal's latest launch of "PayPal Links" and its built-in cryptocurrency transfer feature can be seen as a precise breakthrough against the barriers between traditional payments and crypto assets. This move goes beyond just adding functionalities; it significantly lowers the psychological and technical barriers for users to first use cryptocurrency by seamlessly embedding payment links into social scenarios, fundamentally changing the experience paradigm of fund flow. From an ecological competition perspective, PayPal has not directly impacted the core businesses of CEXs like Binance and OKX—high-frequency trading, contract pricing, and asset diversity remain their strongholds. However, its true disruptive nature lies in redefining the user entry point: leveraging a large base of compliant users and trust advantages, PayPal is becoming one of the largest compliant traffic channels in the crypto world. By generating extremely simple links and breaking down fiat currency barriers, it introduces traditional users into the crypto economy without them even noticing, which is precisely the aspect that many CEXs have long invested heavily in but have seen slow results. It is noteworthy that PayPal has chosen an open route rather than a closed one, supporting the withdrawal of assets to external wallets. This step essentially transforms its platform into an asset bridge and validator. In the medium to long term, this open stance may accelerate the circulation and application scenario expansion of compliant stablecoins like PYUSD, thereby enhancing the liquidity and trading depth of stablecoins on CEXs. This strategy indicates that the integration of Web2 and Web3 has entered an ecological interconnection phase. PayPal takes on the role of educating the market and lowering entry barriers, while CEXs need to focus more on building complex financial products, enhancing trading experiences, and deepening asset supply to form differentiated competitiveness. The key to future competition lies not in who replaces whom, but in how to redefine collaborative interfaces and share the dividends of new user growth and asset flow.