时隔6年再次接受Crypto,Stripe重返加密支付战场

Odaily星球日报Publicado a 2024-04-26Actualizado a 2024-04-26

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控制着全球大部分支付业务的两大支付巨头PayPal和Stripe都已投入加密货币领域,我们距离在加密支付的Mass Adoption越来越近了。

原文作者:shushu

时隔 6 年,传统支付业务巨头 Stripe 再次接受加密货币支付。

4 月 26 日,Stripe 联合创始人兼总裁 John Collison 在全球互联网大会上的主题演讲中宣布 Stripe 将重新启用加密货币作为接受付款的方式。Stripe 将支持 Solana、Ethereum 和 Polygon 上的 USDC 稳定币支付,John 称「这一次我们将提供更好的体验」,其还在会议上实际操作演示了如何使用 USDC 进行支付。

时隔6年再次接受Crypto,Stripe重返加密支付战场

在 John 的演示视频中,可以看到 Stride 目前的支付界面已经包括了 Crypto 选项,用户可以使用 Solana 链上钱包 Phantom 进行支付。Stride 称以稳定币支付的款项将自动转换为法定货币,存入商家的 Stripe 账户。

时隔6年再次接受Crypto,Stripe重返加密支付战场

Stripe 由爱尔兰兄弟 Patrick 和 John Collison 于 2009 年创立。早在 2014 年,Stripe 就成为首批接受比特币支付的大公司之一,然而其加密货币计划在 2018 年以失败告终。给出的理由是比特币波动性太大且不稳定。那一年比特币从 2017 年 12 月的高点 19, 650 美元跌至 2018 年底的 3, 401 美元。

在当时的声明中,Stripe 表示「随着区块大小达到限制,比特币已经发展成为一种资产,而不是一种交换手段。这导致比特币在支付方面变得不太有用」。

2019 年 6 月,Facebook 进军加密货币领域,Stripe 成为 Libra 的创始成员之一。但同年 10 月,Stripe 和其他公司一起放弃了对 Facebook 的支持。

直到 2022 年 3 月,Stripe 又宣布重返加密领域,John Collison 在社交媒体发文称 Stripe 已支持加密业务,交易平台、入口、钱包和 NFT 市场,不仅仅是支付,还有 KYC 和身份验证、欺诈预防等。

随后便是一连串支持加密支付的业务的动作。4 月,Stripe 宣布使用 Polygon 在 Twitter 试行加密支付,最初仅支持 Polygon 上 USDC 的转账。5 月,与比特币支付基础设施平台 OpenNode 合作,为 Stripe 的商家用户提供即时将收款转换为比特币的服务。9 月,Stripe 宣布已为自由职业者开启 USDC 的支付功能。12 月,推出面向 Web3 企业的法币到加密货币支付产品,该产品是一个可定制的小部件,开发人员可以将其直接嵌入到他们的 DEX、NFT 平台、钱包或 DApp 中。

但随着整个加密市场转入熊市,Stripe 也面临着裁员、估值下降等负面影响。不过 2023 年 3 月,Stripe 以 500 亿美元估值完成 65 亿美元 I 轮融资,参投方包括 a16z、Baillie Gifford、Founders Fund、General Catalyst、MSD Partners、Thrive Capital、GIC、高盛和淡马锡。

2023 年,Stripe 在加密方面的业务动作并不多,但在这期间,另一家传统支付巨头 PayPal 也选择进军加密领域。去年 8 月,PayPal 宣布推出稳定币 PayPal USD (PYUSD),该稳定币由 Paxos Trust 发行(前 BUSD 发行方),完全由美元存款、短期国债和类似现金等价物支持,并将逐步向 PayPal 在美国的客户开放。

相关阅读:《PayPal 推出稳定币, 4.3 亿人的加密合规入口来了

PayPal 是 Stripe 在支付市场上的最重要的竞争对手,Stripe 针对的是各种规模的企业,而 PayPal 则面向小型企业。2023 年,PayPal 拥有 42.35% 的份额,Stripe 拥有 19.44% 的份额,此外,Shopify 支付拥有 12.42% 的份额,亚马逊支付拥有 4.76% 的份额。控制着全球大部分支付业务的两大支付巨头 PayPal 和 Stripe 都已投入加密货币领域,我们距离在加密支付的 Mass Adoption 越来越近了。

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