While the Trump administration lays the preliminary groundwork for crypto industry regulations in the US — with the White House’s new crypto czar expected to set the course in the coming months—these digital assets are already thriving in emerging markets. For precisely the good reasons.
Pegged to fiat currencies, stablecoins are becoming an important financial tool for many in the developing world, fueling remittances and cross-border trade, bridging financial inclusion gaps, and offering a hedge against inflation in countries where traditional banking often falls short, and millions are left with little to no access to financial services.
Stablecoins — mostly pegged to the US dollar — have seen explosive growth in recent years, with real-world use cases expanding rapidly across Africa, Latin America, and parts of developing Asia. While the US is still figuring out how to apply this technology beyond the crypto space, emerging markets are already proving why stablecoins matter.
In these regions, they’re not just a financial experiment — they’re a solution.
I can’t be the only one to see the problem here, am I? Why n the world would you want to use a cryptocoin that is tethered to a fiat currency? That seems to me to be the height of lunacy because the fiat currency is the most unpredictable excuse me, most predicable sort of asset you could anchor to. All fiat currencies’ values always go to zero, all throughout history, with no exceptions, you just don’t know when. That is the only variable, time or when, so to say. I wouldn’t touch these things with an insulated eleven foot pole!! BTC forever! FTS