{"id":23569,"date":"2025-05-01T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/us-treasury-predicts-stablecoin-market-to-reach-2-trillion\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:04:15","slug":"us-treasury-predicts-stablecoin-market-to-reach-2-trillion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/us-treasury-predicts-stablecoin-market-to-reach-2-trillion\/","title":{"rendered":"US Treasury Predicts Stablecoin Market to Reach $2 Trillion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The market capitalization of stablecoins is projected to reach $2 trillion by 2028, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/system\/files\/221\/TBACCharge2Q22025.pdf\">report<\/a> from the US Department of the Treasury for the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The current combined market value of stablecoins is approximately $230 billion, but the growth rate may accelerate, the document states.<\/p>\n<p>The department noted that stablecoins have become a primary tool for transactions in blockchain networks, serving as &#8220;digital cash.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Treasury also pointed to the emergence of tokenized money market funds, which compete with stablecoins by offering returns to holders.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-house-of-representatives-to-vote-on-stablecoin-regulation-bill\">stablecoin legislation<\/a> will require issuers to reserve short-term Treasury bonds. This will strengthen the link between stablecoin adoption and demand for financial instruments, the Treasury emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>The spread of stablecoins will also pressure retail banks to offer higher interest rates to depositors, the department believes.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Citigroup <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/citigroup-predicts-stablecoin-market-cap-to-reach-3-7-trillion-in-five-years\">predicted<\/a> stablecoin market capitalization could grow to $3.7 trillion in five years, while Standard Chartered forecasted <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/standard-chartered-predicts-stablecoin-market-cap-to-reach-2-trillion-by-2028\">~$2 trillion by 2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The market capitalization of stablecoins is projected to reach $2 trillion by 2028, according to a report from the US Department of the Treasury for the first quarter of 2025. The current combined market value of stablecoins is approximately $230 billion, but the growth rate may accelerate, the document states. The department noted that stablecoins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[807,1490],"class_list":["post-23569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-stablecoins","tag-us-treasury"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"54","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}