Stablecoins & Monetary Sovereignty
Monetary Sovereignty
A comprehensive strategic guide tracing the financial world's most fundamental transformation since 1971 — from Bretton Woods to Bitcoin, from Dhaka's informal USDT markets to the future of monetary power in South Asia. Written for fintech professionals, policymakers, and curious minds across the region.
How digital inclusion is reshaping financial access, healthcare, and education across emerging markets — drawing on real-world examples from Kenya, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and beyond. Published in iMPACT Magazine Q1 2025.
Download ArticleAn in-depth analysis of how financial modeling can drive sustainable growth and innovation in Bangladesh's rapidly evolving fintech landscape — examining frameworks, challenges, and strategic opportunities for practitioners and policymakers.
Read on LinkedInA series of visual deep-dives examining the key themes from Digital Money, Stablecoins & Monetary Sovereignty. Each post unpacks one concept from the book — download the PDF to read the full analysis.
A plain-language breakdown of what stablecoins are, why millions across South Asia already use USDT without ever opening a crypto account, and what Bangladesh and Nepal must decide — not if to engage, but how. Covers real use cases, risks, and the regulatory imperative.
Download PDFRevolut didn't invent cheap FX — it regulated what people already did. This post draws the direct parallel: what the EU did for Revolut in 2015 is exactly what Bangladesh and Nepal can do for USDT today. Examines Revolut's £3.1B revenue model and three actionable tracks for regulators.
Download PDFFor years they called crypto a threat. Now Mastercard has acquired BVNK for $1.8B and Visa is settling $3.5B annually in USDC on Solana. This post explains what that means for Bangladesh — where the informal USDT market is about to get very formal global infrastructure underneath it.
Download PDFIn 2016, India pulled 86% of its cash overnight. RBI turned that crisis into a decade of infrastructure — UPI now processes 228 billion transactions a year, beating Visa from a single country. Bangladesh doesn't need a crisis to act. It has India's playbook right next door.
Download PDFA practical 3-step framework for any South Asian regulator: acknowledge the market exists, run a sandbox before committing, then build rails that make the formal system more attractive than the informal one. Applicable equally to Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.
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