从加密货币到区块链再到不可替代的代币，在过去几年中，世界消费领域广大领域的企业支付方式一直在发生转变。
零售巨头全球首席技术官 Suresh Kumar沃尔玛 ，预测加密货币将成为“客户交易方式的关键组成部分”，作为该行业支付“中断”的一部分。
在接受雅虎财经全市场峰会采访时，Kumar 概述了这家零售巨头积极的扩张战略，并表示他预计未来数字资产将在其在线商店和元宇宙中得到利用。
加密货币在消费领域的关键作用
他说：“我认为很多破坏将开始在不同的支付方式和不同的支付选项方面发生。”
Kumar 还表示，相当多的消费者会发现更多关于通过虚拟领域和社交媒体应用程序的实时提要推广的数字资产使用的信息，而比特币等资产类型可能是这些领域的一种基本支付方式设置。
他加了：
“我们希望出现在客户最需要我们的地方。”
图片：WWD沃尔玛逐渐进入加密货币世界。该商店试图在今年 8 月任命一位加密负责人。并且在 1 月份，它为自己的虚拟货币和 NFT 提交了七份商标申请。
“当你具体讨论加密货币时，它将是关于发现产品，无论是物理的还是虚拟的，无论是元宇宙还是前期，然后是人们如何进行交易，”金融快报引述道库马尔 正如在其报告中所说。
更多美国零售公司正在拥抱数字货币
根据总部位于伦敦的国际专业服务咨询公司德勤最近进行的一项民意调查，大量美国零售商已经开始实施加密支付。
在调查中，来自食品、电子、交通、电子产品、服装和化妆品等各种零售行业的 2,000 名高管被问及加密货币和数字资产。
超过 85% 的受访者表示，支持加密货币支付是他们公司的首要任务。
同时，根据第 67 版财富 500 强 , 沃尔玛是全球收入最高的公司。
这家零售集团由山姆·沃尔顿 (Sam Walton) 于 1962 年在阿肯色州罗杰斯创立，在 24 个国家/地区拥有并经营超过 10,500 家折扣百货商店和杂货店。
这家美国零售巨头也是世界上最大的私人雇主，在全球拥有超过 230 万名员工，其中约 160 万名在美国。
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