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The Stablecoin Sandwich Is Missing the Trust Layer
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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Stablecoin cross-border payments settle faster on blockchain but lack coordinated trust infrastructure; compliance verification, KYC responsibility, and sanctions screening remain fragmented across multiple institutions, slowing institutional adoption despite technical speed gains.
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Banks and payment firms are hitting a wall: they can move stablecoins across borders in seconds, but compliance verification is still bilateral and manual, leaving every institution legally exposed if fraud surfaces. The founder who builds the interoperable trust layer—proving KYC, sanctions and beneficial ownership across all participants in real time—owns the institutional stablecoin market.
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