Bitget Wallet APAC Lead: Asian Stablecoin Endgame to Be 'Wallet Entry + Local Currency Payment Rails'

Will Wu, head of Asia Pacific at Bitget Wallet, told the "Asian Stablecoin Race" panel at FUTUREMODE 2026 that the true measure of stablecoin adoption in daily finance is not how much is issued, but whether users develop recurring payment habits. He cited data from his own platform: in July, daily payment transactions at Bitget Wallet exceeded trading transactions for the first time. Card users made an average of 10 payments per month, with an average transaction size of $28, suggesting the behavior is already shifting toward everyday consumption. On the question of monetary sovereignty and dollarization, Wu argued that the currency users prefer to hold and the currency merchants need to accept do not have to be the same. The wallet's role, he said, is to make users aware of their currency exposure while eliminating the need for complex currency exchange. He predicted that by 2027, Asia's stablecoin market will develop a coordination layer architecture where crypto wallets serve as the entry point, connecting dollar-pegged stablecoins with local currency payment rails through regulated partners.