Singapore’s digital asset platform, MetaComp, claimed it’s pioneering an innovative offering that combines the robustness of traditional finance (TradFi) with the flexibility of decentralized finance (DeFi). In a first for Singapore, MetaComp enables customers to purchase traditional securities like money market funds and U.S. Treasury bills using stablecoins, digital currencies that are typically pegged to a fiat currency like the U.S. dollar.
Co-founder Bo Bai revealed that the platform accepts stablecoins such as Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) from a select group of institutional and accredited investors. Not surprisingly, the novel service, initiated just last month, has already prevailed in substantial traction, reporting turnovers around the volume of $50 million.
Nevertheless, skeptics may be cautious of such a groundbreaking initiative. Arguably, the crash or boom of cryptocurrency values has sparked intense volatility, raising queries about the prudence of tethering stablecoins to traditionally stable markets. However, proponents argue that the stablecoin volume in the crypto market substantiates their potential, citing Tether, the most-traded cryptocurrency with a volume higher than bitcoin and ether combined.
The real eyebrow-raising detail is MetaComp’s anticipation for these stablecoins’ far-reaching applications in the broader financial market. The firm is staking its business on the belief that fiat-pegged cryptocurrencies will infiltrate into the real economy. Furthermore, facilitating this asset exchange requires three substantial licenses from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and MetaComp, together with its parent company Metaverse Green Exchange, currently hold all three.
However, the exact impact of such a blend of TradFi and DeFi remains to be seen. For now, Bo Bai believes that his platform’s novel service provision aids investors in harnessing the “benefits of both TradFi and DeFi products” smoothly.
Singapore’s arena definitely seems to be warming up to this strange melange of traditional and decentralized finance-aimed squarely at the future of asset management. Still, one can only wait to see if the predicted integration of traditional and decentralized finance unfolds as fluidly as MetaComp hopes.
Source: Coindesk
