Building Trust at Network Speed: Inside Stablecoin Compliance

In this episode of Compliance Champions, Delphine Forma speaks with Sugandhi Govil, Director Compliance, APAC at Circle, about what it takes to build trust and operate a compliance programme for regulated stablecoins — from governance and compliance by design to managing financial-crime risk at network speed. They explore how the speed and transparency of blockchain networks shape compliance, providing visibility into risks beyond an issuer’s direct customer relationships and enabling secondary-market monitoring and faster identification of emerging typologies. They also discuss why effective risk management requires collaboration across the ecosystem and how blockchain analytics and AI are changing financial-crime monitoring and investigations. Finally, Delphine and Sugandhi look at the evolving regulatory landscape across APAC, including growing convergence around governance, reserve backing, transparency and AML/CFT controls, and why regulated stablecoin issuers should not simply be viewed through the same lens as the broader crypto ecosystem.