Intelligence for banks entering digital assets

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Verified intelligence on digital asset custody, stablecoins, tokenized deposits, regulation, and institutional adoption.

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0121 Oct 2026USRegulation & supervision
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
OCC Advances U.S. Digital Asset Leadership with Final Rule to Implement GENIUS Act
FactThe OCC announced a final rule implementing the GENIUS Act for payment stablecoins within its remit, setting standards for reserve backing, redemption and risk management.
Why it mattersNational banks and federal savings associations planning a stablecoin subsidiary now have a final OCC rulebook to build reserve, redemption and risk frameworks against, rather than a proposal.
0221 Oct 2026UKResearch & speeches
Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered: Rethinking controls for institutional stablecoin adoption
FactStandard Chartered argues that stablecoin controls should start from why the customer is using stablecoins: treasury and payments, or trading.
Why it mattersA bank view on purpose-based KYC and transaction monitoring for corporate stablecoin flows that compliance teams can benchmark against.
0319 Oct 2026USBank & market adoption
J.P. Morgan
JPM Coin deposit token goes live on Ethereum
FactKinexys by J.P.
Why it mattersBank deposit tokens are expanding across multiple public chains, which raises interoperability and multi-chain risk-management questions for other banks planning similar products.

Banks

Bank crypto adoption tracker
Date	Institution	Country	Product	Initiative	Status	Source
2026-10-19	J.P. Morgan (Kinexys)	United States	Tokenized deposits	JPM Coin extended to Ethereum, its second public blockchain	Live	J.P. Morgan ↗
2026-09-30	HSBC	Hong Kong	Stablecoin issuance	Named forthcoming stablecoin 'HSBC RedCoin'; phased rollout starting with P2P and P2M payments	Announced	HSBC ↗
2026-08-20	HSBC & Standard Chartered	Hong Kong	Tokenized deposits	First live cross-border bank-to-bank tokenised deposit transaction on Swift’s blockchain ledger	Live	HSBC ↗
2026-08-20	HSBC	Multiple (6 markets)	Tokenized deposits	HSBC Tokenised Deposit Service (TDS): live in six markets — HK, SGP, LUX, UK, US and the UAE	Live	HSBC ↗
2026-07-08	Swift (17 participating banks)	Global	Tokenized deposits	Shared ledger ready for initial use; banks preparing to pilot tokenised-deposit cross-border payments	In development	Swift ↗

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