Exposing the Critical Trust Intersections Between Stablecoins and Banks

Can stablecoins and decentralised finance ever truly operate without trust, or does trust simply relocate? While blockchain introduces speed, programmability, and transparency, real-world cross-border payments still depend on verifiable data, regulatory compliance, funding certainty, and enforceability under law. The greatest risks rarely sit in the payment rail itself, risks emerge in off-chain workflows, data integrity, counterparty oversight, compliance orchestration, reserve validation or financial integrity, […]

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