2026 represents the year that stablecoins and tokenized assets move beyond test builds and pilot programs, and start to represent a core foundational element of institutional finance. If 2025 represents the year of adoption and green lighting of the sector from key regulators, this year now represents the evolution and maturation period, where organizations will explore how these assets fit into their infrastructure.

For the past few years, stablecoin conversations have focused on how they allow better, faster movement of money, enabling cheaper remittances, reduced transaction fees, and removing the need for intermediaries to send transactions across borders. While these represent significant improvements to today’s financial…