
KEY POINTS
- Waller noted during a Bahamas conference that the world's payments landscape is shifting
- He said "any expansion" of DeFi trading will "simply strengthen" the dollar's dominant role
- He previously acknowledged that DeFi arrangements provide people with an "alternative" to financial products
Some crypto observers and critics have warned that digital currencies could destabilize the U.S. dollar, but U.S. Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller predicted that trading in decentralized finance (DeFi) may have a positive effect on the dollar's global strength.