Sony is serious this time.

Sony Bank, part of their family, is preparing to launch a US dollar stablecoin in the American market early next year, not to engage in any DeFi experiments, but to directly target its own gaming and anime payment scenarios—after all, with hundreds of millions of players on PlayStation and anime fans out there, if stablecoin payments are truly integrated, the practicality of cryptocurrency could take a significant leap forward.

Imagine this: in the future, buying game skins, subscribing to memberships, or acquiring limited edition figurines can be settled directly with stablecoins. It sounds great, but the regulators are not happy about it. The Independent Community Bankers of America has come out swinging, stating that Sony is exploiting regulatory loopholes, implying that "what right does a tech company have to engage in financial activities?"

That said, it's much better for big companies to enter the market with real user scenarios than for those air projects. It remains to be seen whether Sony can implement this under regulatory pressure.