获千万美元融资,USV 领投的 Sling 如何玩赚稳定币跨境转账?

深潮Published on 2024-08-21Last updated on 2024-08-21

Sling 专注做跨境资金转账,旨在通过 Solana 以低成本向世界上几乎任何人汇款。

撰文:1912212.eth,Foresight News

加密市场行情委靡不振长期低迷之下,众多声音不断质疑市场过多的基础设施建设。协议层比比皆是,真正解决问题的价值应用却少之又少。或许,稳定币其实就是被低估的应用之一。

稳定币在加密市场的各类叙事里,多多少少显得有些无趣。没有价格波动,没有人会因此而发家致富,只有在市场遭遇黑天鹅时,引发的稳定币脱钩恐慌和讨论。

稳定币在传统世界与加密世界这两个平行世界中架起了桥梁。无数的资金来来往往,使得互惠互利成为可能。对于加密世界而言,稳定币的增长也见证市场的飞速发展。

近日,稳定币支付平台 Sling Money 完成 1500 万美元 A 轮融资,Union Square Ventures 领投,Ribbit Capital 和 Slow Ventures 参投。在市场普遍低迷期获得融资,Sling 凭什么?

专注跨境转账

Sling 专注做跨境资金转账,旨在以极低的成本立即向世界上几乎任何人汇款,而不用去考虑银行基础设施。最初,它主要采用其 Solana 上的 USDC 作为转账支付工具和媒介,但之后出于运营以及成本考虑,Sling 切换为稳定币 USDP,该稳定币是美国 Paxos Trust Company 旗下的数字美元,受纽约金融服务部监管。值得一提的是,官方在介绍中表示,未来某些情况下,用户持有的稳定币 USDP 将会获得收益。

Sling 钱包是自我托管的,其资金所有权、私钥也完全属于用户。

Sling 已经推出其苹果和安卓 APP,用户只需搜索收款人的名字,输入打款金额,随后自动转化为当地的货币,全球任何一个用户都能在短时间收到资金。

目前,官方表示其转账时免费的,但在之后计划将收取费用,具体计划未来会进行披露。

玩转流程

打款人在下载注册其 APP 之后,需要先将自己的借记卡绑定到平台,然后就可通过搜索方式直接转账。

若无法通过搜索找到收款人,还可以通过聊天应用程序、空投甚至二维码的形式,向他们发送 Sling 链接,收款人就能够将资金提取到他们的 Sling 钱包中。

目前,Sling 支持的国家和地区超过 50 个,主要分布欧洲以及非洲等。

Sling 计划在未来支持更多国家和地区,并通过借记卡、Solana Pay 等方式增大其使用频次。虽然目前,各大交易所以及部分加密钱包应用已经登上全球 APP 舞台,但各国各地区法律法规以及监管政策仍然像紧箍咒一样,造成了跨境资金转账的时间和费用两大困扰,Sling 未来将表现如何,仍值得关注。

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