What Moves Stablecoins From Pilot to Production

Pilots are running. Proof-of-concepts are live. But when does stablecoin activity at banks actually become a production revenue line?

Stephen Richardson, Chief Strategy Officer at Fireblocks, lays out the three specific signals he is watching: large regional and GSIB banks enabling stablecoin acceptance as a corporate treasury product, banks initiating stablecoin payouts directly from DDA accounts, and the emergence of bank-to-bank stablecoin networks with compliant messaging infrastructure for cross-border settlement.

Recorded at REDeFiNE Tomorrow 2026 with John Lagman of Bloomberg.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Signal 1: Large banks enabling stablecoin acceptance for corporate clients

1:19 Signal 2: Banks initiating stablecoin payouts from DDA accounts

2:18 Signal 3: Bank-to-bank stablecoin networks for cross-border settlement
KEY TAKEAWAYS

Signal 1: A GSIB or large regional bank enabling corporate clients to receive and hold USDC as a treasury product — live, not a lab.

Signal 2: Banks converting fiat in DDA accounts to stablecoin and executing payouts to vendors or counterparties at scale.

Signal 3: Bank-to-bank stablecoin networks with AML-compliant messaging for corridors like US-Brazil or UAE-Southeast Asia.

Once all three are visible, stablecoins have moved from the innovation track to production revenue.

Watch the full session: https://youtu.be/SiHd9baiLNQ

Learn more about Fireblocks for banks: https://www.fireblocks.com/industry/banks

Explore banking & tokenization resources: https://www.fireblocks.com/resource-hub/banking-tokenization

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