In an interview involving hand with Brazilian Cryptootics, Isabel Lonchi, director of public and regulatory policies at Ripple in Latin America, declared that it focused on efforts to contribute to regulatory rallying in the local cryptocurrency sector.
“We want to make the regulations part of our suppliers of stubcoin, tokenization, and virtual asset services (PSAV or English acronym, VASP),” and designated Ripple Directive, a well-known company that contributes to the XRP cryptocurrency ecosystem.
He added that For ripples, the product of cryptocurrency payments is an important areatherefore, industry regulations clarity is essential to develop without obstacles.
As for the digital currency of the Central Bank (CBDC), he showed that Ripple has worked in the past to provide infrastructure for this type of project in Colombia and Brazil. However, he admitted that development has “slightly stopped” in both Latin America and global so the company isn’t so involved in it.
He was a contrast too CBDC is a central bank project, not a ripple. «But for us, the more it develops an ecosystem, the better it is. If we have the opportunity to help, that’s what Ripple does,” he said.
«Now, the topic of CBDC has not evolved like it had in the past. Not only in Brazil, but also in Latin America as a whole, and perhaps worldwide. Development of these projects has been stopped a bit. That’s why we’re not so obsessed with this. However, it can withstand ripples.
Isabel Lalci, Director of Public and Regulatory Policy at Ripple, Latin America.
The interview took place at Blockchain Rio, an event that Longhi catalogued as an “event” as it is “an important space for dialogue with sector authorities and businesses.” The expectation for support was 20,000, but he said it was related to “events outside of Sao Paulo.”
Ronki pointed out the meeting. He brings together representatives from all kinds of industry companies, LATAM Regulatory Authority“I was able to talk a little about which direction is in the regulations and understand.” He also emphasized that these instances will help authorities “listen to a bit of what the companies are doing” and strengthen them as a community, even at a business level.
He explained that from the ripples they are constantly maintaining dialogue to help directions for regulation in different countries. “For example, we are contributing to discussions in Argentina about tokenization. In all consultations that were also in Brazil, we found regulators that demonstrated our business model,” he said.
Brazil will move forward for a long time by regulating stubcoin after PSAV
Regarding the aspect he is pending, Lalci emphasized that he still has no permission to directly issue native tokens, not only in Latin America but also in the US. “Today, regulations often require broadcasts to be run offline online first, which doubles the work instead of getting the benefits of tokenization,” they say.
Another point he mentioned was that there were no specific regulations regarding Brazilian stubcoins. Arrived after virtual asset service supplier regulations. On the other hand, the latter already exists in Latin countries such as El Salvador and Argentina, and there are regulations on tokenization.
It seeks to classify digital assets, such as the US Clarity Bill, regarding legislative initiatives in other markets. securities y merchandisehe said: “It’s a project that we support a lot… More regulatory clarity is always better.” He added that Ripple supports the genius law, approved a month ago, domestically to regulate stubcoins.
In connection with the long judicial battle that issued XRP facing the SEC, which was withdrawn by the current Donald Trump administration, he said. They always wanted “clearness” about what they could and didn’t..
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Regarding recruitment, which was facilitated by regulatory clarity, Lalci emphasized that “regulation in Argentina is extremely important.” Argentine Frame for Tokenization marks courses in this region.
In Brazil, authorities “listen to the market for a better understanding before implementing regulations that are inefficient in the market,” he said. He also said that Colombia is using tools to move forward with its own frame. Sandbox Regulation, in his opinion, what is a “very good idea before it is put into effect”?
Meanwhile, he says that in countries like Mexico and Chile, “regulations need to be a little more specific.”
Still, he strongly concluded that “Latin America serves as a leader in the cryptocurrency debate for everyone.”