Bloomberg reported on October 27 that the director general of the Financial Authority of Singapore said that if digital assets are regulated, cryptocurrencies will have a place in Singapore's financial sector.
HkMA Director Tharman Shanmugaratnam reportedly said at the Asian Financial Markets Forum on Wednesday: "Cryptocurrencies may have a role in future finance other than pure speculation and illicit finance." He argues that, for example, stablecoins could play a role in traditional payment systems, although these digital assets need to be regulated for illicit financial activities, including anti-money laundering.
According to Shandaman, the regulated stablecoin will play a beneficial role in the future in the traditional payment system, which is constantly innovating and has stronger cross-border interoperability in small, fast and instant payments.