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Tech giants (such as Meta, Google, etc.) entering the stablecoin issuance market will have a significant impact on the cryptocurrency market:

1. **Significantly enhance mainstream acceptance and liquidity:** The large user base and brand trust of these giants will attract a large number of new users and institutional funds, significantly increasing the popularity and market liquidity of cryptocurrencies (especially stablecoins).

2. **Enhance the credit and stability of stablecoins:** The financial strength, technical capabilities, and regulatory compliance of tech giants may make their issued stablecoins regarded as safer and more reliable, challenging the status of existing stablecoins (such as USDT, USDC).

3. **Accelerate regulatory intervention and compliance:** The entry of giants will inevitably trigger stricter and more urgent attention from global regulatory agencies, pushing the entire industry to accelerate the compliance process, but it may also bring short-term policy uncertainties.

4. **Squeeze small and medium stablecoins and DeFi space:** The resource advantages of giants may squeeze the survival space of small and medium stablecoin issuers, and their centralized attributes may compete or conflict with the DeFi (decentralized finance) concept.

5. **Bridge traditional finance and the crypto world:** Giant stablecoins may become a key bridge connecting traditional payments, e-commerce ecosystems, and the crypto world, greatly promoting practical application scenarios for cryptocurrencies. $usdc