Trinidad and Tobago could tap crypto and other virtual assets to address long-standing challenges in cross-border payments, remittances and capital-market liquidity, as regulators prepare to move the sector from a controlled sandbox to a permanent regulatory framework.
Alexander Gafoor, president of the Fintech Association of Trinidad and Tobago, said the opportunity extends beyond cryptocurrency trading to remittances, cross-border payments, stablecoins and the tokenisation of real-world assets.