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Story: The Clearing House Bets on Tokenized Deposits to Fight $296B Stablecoin Market

By Pankaj K

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GENIUS Act Creates the Legal Opening. The regulatory environment is shifting fast, and that's actually helping the banks move here.

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Banks Fear Stablecoin Disintermediation. The American Bankers Association has already warned Congress directly about stablecoin incentives.

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The Clearing House is going on offense. The organization announced on June 5 a new network that lets major U.S.

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The pitch is pretty straightforward: give banks a way to offer programmable, blockchain-based dollar payments without ever pushing customer money outside the regulated banking…

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The Clearing House is owned by 25 of the largest U.S. financial institutions.

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That ownership structure matters. It's not a fintech startup trying to wedge into banking. It's the banks themselves, building their own answer to a problem they've been watching…

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the FDIC are both moving on their own rulings around digital assets, which adds more texture to the landscape.

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The CLARITY Act adds another layer. It's working through the legislative process and touches digital asset market structure more broadly, affecting how banks and stablecoin…

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The American Bankers Association has already warned Congress directly about stablecoin incentives. The worry isn't just market share — it's structural.

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Tokenized deposits are basically the banking sector's counter-move. Keep the customer relationship. Keep the deposit on the balance sheet.

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There's a real question about execution, though. Integrating blockchain settlement with legacy systems like CHIPS isn't simple.

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The stakes are real enough that the banks can't afford to wait. Stablecoin adoption across corporate payments and cross-border settlement has grown sharply, and the window to…

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And the $296 billion number keeps climbing.

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