Panel discussion featuring Stellar anchors Settle Network, Tempo France, and Wire discussing fiat on-ramps, stablecoin issuance, cross-border payments infrastructure, and the future of crypto adoption through seamless payment experiences.
A panel of three major Stellar anchors discussed their roles in bridging traditional finance to crypto. Settle Network and Wire provide on-ramp services to exchanges and wallets in Latin America and globally, while Tempo France operates as a cross-border payments anchor with corridors to Philippines, Ukraine, and Nigeria. Key topics included stablecoin issuance (ARST, BRLT, and EuroT), the importance of local payment methods and banking rails, fee structures and the race to lower costs, anchor-to-anchor collaboration, and how Soroban smart contracts will enable new payment services. Panelists emphasized that mass adoption will come when users transact stablecoins without knowing blockchain is involved, and predicted major shifts in payment infrastructure over the next 5-20 years as traditional payment networks integrate crypto settlement.