前两天爆出消息，说中国的科技巨头蚂蚁数科将在香港和新加坡申请稳定币牌照。
而今天，美帝的传统巨头也没闲着，华尔街日报爆出沃尔玛和亚马逊也在探索发行自己的稳定币。
据悉沃尔玛和亚马逊准备将稳定直接应用在自己的商品交易场景。
目前美国零售业的支付大量依赖信用卡支付，手续费通常为每笔交易的2.9% + $0.30（固定费用），当然亚马逊和沃尔玛这种体量的商家可能和支付渠道谈更有优势的费率，但市场猜测支付成本也在2%左右。
这俩零售巨头，每家的销售额预计在2025年都可以突破7000亿美元大关，如果都采用稳定币支付，可以节约超过两百亿美元的支付成本。
如果这些巨无霸企业能支持稳定币支付，无疑会对加密支付的推广，起到超级助推的作用。
现在美国决定稳定币命运的《天才法案》已经通过了多次参议院的动议投票，参议院的正式投票预计在美国东部时间6月17日下午。
有了传统巨头的支持，无疑是对稳定币未来发展的又一大利好~
目前各大传统巨头纷纷表示要采用稳定币，例如Shopify 已与 Coinbase 和 Stripe 合作推出稳定币支付功能，让商家自行选择以 USDC 收款。
未来的货币则是各个稳定币发行商发行的。
因此稳定币虽然利空银行，但不一定利空交易结算中间商。
PayPal 已经发行了自己的稳定币 PayPal USD，Mastercard 也在今年4月份宣布推出从钱包到结账的一体化稳定币接受方案。
而VISA的动作则更快，已通过其 VisaNet 系统支持使用 USDC 进行结算，总结算额超过 2.25 亿美元。
相对而言，中国如果蚂蚁/京东等科技巨头发行稳定币，在没有本土业务的支持下，要和美帝的巨头竞争，难度还是很大的~
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