Robinhood 和 Revolut 能否在稳定币领域突破 PayPal 的困境?

marsbitPublished on 2024-09-28Last updated on 2024-09-29

如果正如报道的那样,Robinhood 和 Revolut 确实尝试推出稳定币,他们能否避免与 PayPal 的 PYUSD 相同的命运?

本周,匿名消息人士向彭博社透露,美国投资应用程序 Robinhood 和总部位于伦敦的加密货币友好型新银行 Revolut 等金融科技巨头正在考虑推出自己的稳定币。

这些巨头正瞄准稳定币市场,而目前 Tether (USDT) 的市值为 1190 亿美元,占 1735 亿美元类别的约 68%。

随着欧洲提供更清晰的监管框架,金融科技巨头可能会带来新一轮竞争。然而,问题仍然存在:他们能否突破 Tether 的主导地位,还是会像之前的其他巨头一样陷入困境?

据 9 月 26 日的一份报告称,尽管两家公司都没有正式确认他们的计划,但两家公司都在考虑发行稳定币。

Robinhood 已经通过上市 Circle 的 USDC(USDC)进入稳定币领域,USDC 目前是第二大稳定币,市值为 363 亿美元。

Revolut 也一直在扩大其加密货币产品,为以太坊等主要代币推出质押服务,这可能为稳定币的推出奠定基础。

这两种稳定币共同为中心化交易所和去中心化金融 (DeFi) 应用提供了必要的流动性,使新进入者难以获得关注。

但打入这个市场不仅仅意味着意图。壁垒很高,竞争激烈,而 Tether 不仅站得高,而且根深蒂固。

PayPal 的 PYUSD 案例说明了新玩家面临的挑战。尽管 PayPal 拥有庞大的用户群和强大的品牌知名度,但其稳定币供应量仍保持在 7.1 亿美元左右——与 Tether 相比只是很小的一部分。

此外,最近的数据显示,随着 Solana 上的 DeFi 收益率暴跌,PYUSD 的流通供应量在过去 30 天内下降了 30%,这表明稳定币在市场上面临的波动性和风险。

Finder.com 创始人 Fred Schebesta 看到了 Robinhood 和 Revolut 的潜力,但也承认了其中的挑战。

“Revolut 和 Robinhood 肯定有机会削弱 USDT 的主导地位,但要实现这一目标需要进行大量整合,”他说。“USDT 在市场上根深蒂固,出于某种原因,人们仍然对它抱有不同寻常的信任。”

他说,PayPal 的稳定币表明“即使是大公司也还没有获得太大的吸引力”,但他补充说,Robinhood 和 Revolut 有机会尝试不同的方法。

“他们的平台与散户投资者的融合度更高,”Schebesta 说,“如果他们能正确利用这些生态系统,他们可能会发现 PayPal 尚未利用的优势。”

澳大利亚加密货币交易所 Swyftx 的市场分析师 Pav Hundal 也认为规模至关重要。

“稳定币是一场规模游戏,或者说,如果你提供小众产品,则是相对规模游戏,”他告诉 Decrypt。“Robinhood 和 Revolut 拥有充足的规模,显然他们有一定程度的信心,他们可以利用其庞大的全球网络来分一杯 Tether 的一杯羹。”

他补充说,这两家公司还有一个主要优势:两家公司都已在全球许多司法管辖区受到监管。“但就目前而言,Tether 与其竞争对手处于完全不同的存在层面,”Hundal 说。

PayPal 并不是唯一一家与 PYUSD 抗争的公司。即使是摩根大通、Meta(Facebook)和币安等巨头也曾试图征服稳定币世界——每家公司都面临着自己独特的挑战和局限性。

JPM Coin 在内部银行业务中占据一席之地,但未能渗透到更广泛的零售或 DeFi 市场。Meta 的 Diem 曾被誉为“货币的未来”,但在监管压力下崩溃,从未面世。

币安的 BUSD 已经发展壮大,但即便如此,它仍然是 Tether 的遥远竞争对手,无法推翻这家巨头。

Tether 作为加密货币交易所主要交易对的稳固地位为新进入者设定了必须匹配的流动性高标准。稳定币市场的深度流动性池、网络效应和既定的信任为新进入者设置了高门槛。

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