# Why retailers like Amazon and Walmart are looking into stablecoins

<https://www.axios.com/2025/06/13/amazon-walmart-stablecoin>

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## What Jamie wrote

Didn’t expect this but it makes sense on many levels. Also, wallet software is the hardest part of crypto adoption and these retailers could build that into their mobile apps making it very simple.

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