Stablecoins can reduce trade finance frictions, with fragmented regulatory systems limiting their adoption to just 3% of global payments, according to the World Trade Organization.
According to Juan Marchetti, Director of Services and Investments at the World Trade Organization (WTO), fragmented regulatory systems are limiting the adoption of stablecoins in international trade.
“The limitation is not the technology. It’s actually the lack of development of controls and regulatory frameworks,” Marchetti said at a time on Monday. speech In Geneva, at the launch of the WTO study on stablecoins in world trade.
He cited an October 2025 Report That from the Financial Stability Board found that only 39%, or 11 of the 28 surveyed jurisdictions, had finalized their stablecoin regulatory framework.
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