Recently in Bangkok, MetaComp, Co-President Pei Ling Tin took the Radiant Stage at Money20/20 Asia alongside Joseph HL Chan from The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Akshika Gupta of J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys.
The conversation, which took place in front of a live audience of more than 200+ attendees, was meant to be about TradFi meeting DeFi but it touched on something more urgent.
Pei Ling’s argument: the case for instant, reliable cross-border settlement is no longer primarily about efficiency. With tariffs shifting overnight, hot wars moving capital and policy changes taking place without warning, it’s clear that money caught in transit is money at risk.
The logical conclusion is that T+0 settlement is a risk management imperative, not just a nice-to-have. She added that Web2.5 rails do not replace SWIFT or USD but sit alongside them, giving institutions and PSPs an always-on alternative when existing rails aren’t able to settle with sufficient certainty.
The intersection of TradFi and DeFi is Resilience.
