The high gas price we are currently seeing is why technology like Raiden exists. With Raiden you can do fast ERC20 token transfers independent of the Ethereum gas price. The latest mainnet release can be downloaded here: github.com/raiden-network…
The Alderaan release of the Raiden Network is now deployed to the Ethereum mainnet! Take a look at the release blogpost for a detailed explanation of new features since the last mainnet release and how to get started with Raiden: