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Banks and Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) have approached blockchain technology with both excitement and caution in recent years. They have been discouraged by regulators from engaging with permissionless blockchains. Many financial institutions have spent large amounts of time and money developing digital asset capabilities on highly permissioned and proprietary alternatives.

June sustained the stablecoin momentum, especially in the U.S., where legislation is at the final stretch. Around the world, regulators continued refining crypto intermediary and tokenization frameworks.

Minna Bank (“Minna no Ginko”), Japan’s first digital-native bank and a subsidiary of Fukuoka Financial Group, has announced a landmark initiative to explore how stablecoins and Web3 wallets can transform everyday financial services. In collaboration with Fireblocks, Solana, and TIS, the study will assess the technical and practical applications of stablecoins for real-world payments, trading, and next-generation user experiences.

According to our 2025 State of Stablecoins report, only 10% of respondents said they were undecided on stablecoin adoption. Stablecoins are becoming a core component of modern payment rails as payment providers, banks, and fintechs look to move faster, expand globally, and stay competitive. At Fireblocks, we’ve spent the past five years building digital asset infrastructure with over 300 financial institutions. Stablecoins are now central to many of their strategies.

Digital wallets are the gateway to on-chain applications—and the expectations for how they’re delivered have changed. Product and engineering teams want more speed, less complexity, and full control over the user experience. They’re looking to test in hours, and go live this week. That’s exactly why we launched Embedded Wallets: a faster, lighter way to deploy white-labeled, secure self-custody wallets inside any app or service. No backend dependencies. No weeks-long integration.