Key takeaways from Latin America’s first major stablecoins conference
Last week, I was on stage at The Stablecoin Conference 2025 in Mexico City, Latin America’s first major conference entirely focused on stablecoins. Experts across the space spoke to me about how crypto wallets and exchanges are transforming into critical payments infrastructure, and what this means for cross-border transactions.
Joining me for the panel – called From Tokens to Solutions: the Front Lines Shift to Power Stablecoin Mass Adoption – were Coinbase’s Head of Stablecoins Alec Lovett; Bitso’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Felipe Vallejo; OKX’s Director of Institutional Regional Growth Pablo Magro; and Bullish’s Director of Institutional Sales Paola Urquidi.
Here are some of the key talking points from the discussion:
- The panellists discussed whether they see stablecoins as a product in themselves, or as a driver of change in reshaping the architecture of payments. This included the distinction between using stablecoins for personal everyday usage and how companies use them at an institutional and retail level.
- Another key question was whether stablecoins are spurring a fundamental rethink of cross-border payments systems or if they are just a more efficient layer on top of existing structures – particularly for remittances and SME use cases.
- Panellists also discussed the critical factors involved in enabling mass adoption of stablecoins, including liquidity, regulation and trust. Another aspect to consider is how the expectations of crypto-native users and traditional institutions differ.
- Banks, merchants and card networks remain key to enabling adoption. With crypto wallets and exchanges providing the critical underlying payments infrastructure, evolving relationships with these different players will be crucial.
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