What would happen if India had a regulated, rupee-backed stablecoin?
In this episode of the Crypto Times Podcast, Divya Mistry sits down with SB Seker, Binance’s APAC business leader, for an in-depth conversation about India’s crypto market, regulation, stablecoins, CBDCs, tokenized real-world assets and the future of digital finance across Asia-Pacific.
SB Seker brings a unique perspective to the conversation, having worked across regulation, central banking, payments, banking and blockchain before moving into the crypto industry.
The conversation explores:
🔹 Why India could benefit from a regulated INR-backed stablecoin
🔹 Who is most affected by USD/INR exposure in India’s crypto market
🔹 What India’s USDT premium reveals about stablecoin demand
🔹 Whether private stablecoins and CBDCs can coexist
🔹 India’s 30% crypto tax and 1% TDS framework
🔹 Why Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) could play a bigger role
🔹 Why tokenized Real-World Assets (RWAs) could be a major opportunity for India
🔹 India’s potential first-mover advantage in RWA tokenization
🔹 How Binance is rebuilding trust with Indian regulators and users
🔹 Binance’s vision of exchanges becoming financial “super apps”
🔹 24/7 global market access and tokenized equities
🔹 Why APAC requires localized regulatory strategies
🔹 Binance’s global investment in compliance
🔹 Which APAC markets Binance is focusing on next
SB Seker also shares his perspective on India’s regulatory approach, Project Nexus, CBDCs, privacy protocols, financial infrastructure and where India could stand in the next 18–24 months of the global tokenization race.
Watch the full conversation for an inside perspective on where India’s crypto and digital asset ecosystem could be heading next.
