Fidelity Investments Plans to Issue Stablecoin Amid Growing Crypto Adoption

Fidelity Investments Plans to Issue Stablecoin Following Tokenized Money Market Fund Launch

  • Fidelity Investments is reportedly planning to issue its own stablecoin following its recent launch of a tokenized money market fund.
  • This move aligns with the Trump administration’s focus on stablecoins and the CFTC’s initiatives to pilot tokenized assets for margin purposes.
  • Asset managers involved in stablecoins can earn yield on underlying assets rather than holding non-yielding stablecoins to facilitate 24/7 redemptions.

Fidelity Investments is expanding its cryptocurrency strategy beyond its recently announced tokenized money market fund. According to sources cited by the Financial Times, the major asset manager is now planning to launch its own stablecoin, deepening its commitment to blockchain-based financial products.

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This dual approach with tokenized funds and stablecoins aligns with recent regulatory developments. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been actively piloting the use of tokenized assets, including stablecoins, for margin purposes. In a related development, CME Group announced yesterday it’s testing a solution and plans to involve market participants later in 2024.

The timing coincides with the Trump administration’s cryptocurrency policy focus on stablecoins, with legislation targeted for passage by late April. World Liberty Financial, an organization with Trump associations, announced plans yesterday to issue the USD1 stablecoin. The reserve assets backing this stablecoin might potentially include tokenized Treasury securities.

While asset managers would benefit from participating in the stablecoin market, creating individual stablecoins rather than collaborative ones (similar to M coin or the Global Dollar) presents unique challenges. Traditional asset managers typically allow fund redemptions at scheduled intervals, usually daily for money market funds, which conflicts with cryptocurrency’s 24/7 operational nature.

This creates a technical challenge: asset managers need to facilitate instant switching between tokenized funds and stablecoins. To accomplish this, they must maintain stablecoin reserves for fund redemptions. By issuing their own stablecoins, asset managers like Fidelity can generate yield from the underlying assets rather than holding other stablecoins that provide no return.

Ondo Finance offers an alternative solution by allowing holders of various tokenized funds to sell them to Ondo at any time. In turn, Ondo utilizes these same tokenized funds as reserve assets for its yield-bearing products, creating a more efficient ecosystem for digital asset liquidity.

As major financial institutions continue exploring tokenized assets and stablecoins, these developments represent significant steps toward integrating traditional finance with blockchain technology, potentially addressing long-standing challenges in liquidity management and market accessibility.

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