【VKGAME Virtual Currency】The Wave of Compliance in Virtual Currency: Breakthrough in the Payment Track and the End of the Era of Anonymity

In 2025, the virtual currency industry is undergoing a historic transformation. On one hand, leading companies are accelerating their layout in the payment sector, attempting to reshape global financial infrastructure with blockchain technology; on the other hand, stringent regulatory policies such as the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) have completely ended the 'golden era of anonymity' for cryptocurrencies. From Tether launching a payment tool to compete with PayPal, to aZen building a decentralized AI computing network, the industry is racing towards compliance and practicality. This transformation is not only about the competition of technological routes but will also determine whether virtual currencies can truly integrate into the mainstream economic system. Notably, this trend has extended to a broader digital economy scenario— for instance, the global digital entertainment platform VKGAME achieves efficient settlement through USDT, processing over 20,000 transactions daily, becoming a typical case of virtual currency landing in non-financial fields.

The payment sector is becoming the core battlefield for virtual currencies to break through. Recently, Tether announced plans to launch institutional-level payment products, directly challenging PayPal's CashApp, with its confidence stemming from the over $100 billion circulation scale of USDT worldwide. Unlike payment tools that rely on traditional banking channels, Tether's solution aims to achieve 'instant settlement + low fees' through blockchain, delivering a dimensional strike. For example, after integrating the Bitcoin Lightning Network, cross-border payment costs can be reduced to below 1/10 of traditional channels, with the arrival time shortened from days to seconds. Behind this strategy lies the ecological ambition of stablecoins: by occupying enterprise-level payment scenarios, upgrading USDT from a 'transaction medium' to a 'settlement currency.' Although challenges are severe—giants like PayPal have launched their own stablecoins, and ongoing scrutiny by US regulators on Tether may affect its market credibility— the essence of competition in the payment sector is a dual game of compliance capability and technological implementation. In this process, the practical value of virtual currencies is being redefined.