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DLT can transform global payments, says IMF chief

Tokenization, stablecoins may ‘fluidify’ finance, make big cross-border payments cheaper, faster

Peter Starr   31 Aug 2026

In response, to the question, can distributed ledger technology ( DLT ) like blockchain transform cross-border payments on a global scale? International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva, answers: “We don’t know the answer for sure,” while noting that blockchain is “still a small experiment” in global payments.