We generally put the same degree of faith in our financial infrastructure. The current financial infrastructure is based on money rails that haven’t changed much in decades. The traditional financial infrastructure, rooted in ledgers provided by central and commercial banks, operates on well-understood centralised technology. If stablecoins and tokenised assets become systemically important, blockchains will become systemically important infrastructure. Used thoughtfully, they offer genuine opportunities to modernise the financial infrastructure and broaden access to markets.

Source: Stuff March 14, 2026 20:51 UTC