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Stablecoin settlement in emerging markets: liquidity, OTC, and cross-border payments
WHAT HAPPENED
In a The Paypers interview, Gravity Team CEO Mārtiņš Beņķītis explains how cross-border settlement combines an on-chain transfer with local-currency pricing, liquidity and payout arrangements. He says same-day fiat settlement depends on the applicable market, payment-system hours and compliance checks.
PUBLISHED October 14, 2026SOURCE The PaypersLANE Web3 & stablecoin payments
KEY FIGURES
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# Stablecoin settlement in emerging markets: liquidity, OTC, and cross-border payments
> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: Independent payments trade media report
> Source: [The Paypers](https://thepaypers.com/crypto-web3-and-cbdc/interviews/stablecoin-settlement-in-emerging-markets-liquidity-otc-and-cross-border-payments)
> Published: 2026-10-14
> Captured: 2026-10-19T01:34:33.021Z
## Source summary
In a The Paypers interview, Gravity Team CEO Mārtiņš Beņķītis explains how cross-border settlement combines an on-chain transfer with local-currency pricing, liquidity and payout arrangements. He says same-day fiat settlement depends on the applicable market, payment-system hours and compliance checks.
## Why it matters
The interview separates blockchain confirmation from usable funds at the destination. These are the provider’s operational explanations and outlook, not independently measured speed, market share or a newly verified product launch.
## Key numbers
No independently checkable key number was extracted from this report.
## Topics and entities
- Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
- Entities: Gravity Team
- Cross-border payments
- Web3 payments
## Evidence and credibility note
Keep the article type and partner/sponsored label; use as discovery or corroboration, not sole proof of a company claim. Automatically extracted metadata and material claims should be checked against the linked original before investment use.
Date evidence: Automatically verified from JSON-LD datePublished: 2026-10-14T04:00:00+00:00
## First-party corroboration
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## Original-source traceback
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