Stablecoins as a settlement layer: Darren Wang on cross- border payments

# Stablecoins as a settlement layer: Darren Wang on cross- border payments

> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: executive_interview
> Source: [The Paypers](https://thepaypers.com/crypto-web3-and-cbdc/interviews/stablecoins-as-a-settlement-layer-darren-wang-on-cross-border-payments)
> Published: 2026-10-09
> Captured: 2026-10-09T12:30:54.975Z

## Source summary

In a Paypers interview, Owlting founder and CEO Darren Wang describes OwlPay Harbor as infrastructure connecting local-currency collection and payout through a stablecoin settlement leg. He says the API has settled into more than 50 destination markets and cites remittance and trade-payment clients. These are the provider’s statements; the interview does not independently demonstrate all corridors’ timing, costs or reliability.

## Why it matters

Wang’s central argument is that licensing, local bank access and compliance at both ends matter more to users than the token itself. Claims of more than USD700 million cumulative fiat-and-stablecoin volume and a USD1 billion year-end goal are company-reported history and a target, respectively, not audited revenue or an achieved forecast.

## Key numbers

No independently checkable key number was extracted from this report.

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
- Entities: Owlting / OwlPay
- Web3 payments
- Cross-border payments

## Evidence and credibility note

Source body read; source claims, event stage and limits remain attributed.

Date evidence: Automatically verified from JSON-LD datePublished: 2026-10-09T04:00:00+00:00

## First-party corroboration

No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked.

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original The Paypers report](https://thepaypers.com/crypto-web3-and-cbdc/interviews/stablecoins-as-a-settlement-layer-darren-wang-on-cross-border-payments)

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