Stablecoin growth could drive demand for emerging-market derivatives, says Gravity Team CEO

Stablecoins move collateral between crypto venues in minutes, while payouts in pesos or rupiah still wait on local banks and their opening hours. Speaking to FOW, Gravity Team Co-Founder and CEO Mārtiņš Beņķītis said growing stablecoin use in emerging markets could create demand for derivatives that hedge stablecoin and local-currency risk in a single instrument. Weekend settlement, he said, needs someone already holding the currency: “It is an inventory problem more than a connectivity problem.”