The stablecoin surge: Risks for the Global South?
There are plenty of potential benefits for banks, consumers and others from the coming wave of globe-spanning stablecoins. But for fragile, smaller economies, there’s a risk of fallout.
Chris Hamilton
Chris Hamilton is a strategic adviser on national financial infrastructure through his own consultancy, Hamilton Platform. He works with emerging market central banks and national payments operators to design and build leading edge national payments ecosystems. He has 30 years’ experience across the spectrum of design, development, implementation and management of national financial infrastructure. He has been CEO of BankservAfrica (now Payinc), South Africa’s national payments operator, and of the Australian Payments Clearing Association (now Australian Payments Network). He has also worked in securities and derivatives exchanges, clearing houses, and settlement systems. He has worked in Australasia, Europe and Africa.