Securitize will use a stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank for the dollar leg of institutional tokenised asset transactions. Anchorage, a US bank with a federal charter, will mint and redeem the stablecoin directly and provide custody and settlement. The aim is to give the cash leg counterparty and custody standards comparable to those on the securities side. The announcement does not name the stablecoin or give a start date.

What it means: In the market for tokenised assets, such as tokenised funds or bonds, one side of the trade has become much more organised, with supervised issuers and custodians. The cash side, however, often relies on stablecoins from private companies with different levels of oversight. Working with a bank that issues and safeguards the stablecoin itself closes that gap, which institutional investors want before committing large sums. The move comes in the same week the OCC finalised the first rule under the GENIUS Act, which sets out how supervised banks can issue stablecoins. In Europe the equivalent question is answered through MiCA and e-money tokens, and through ECB trials of settlement in central bank money. For Greek investment firms or issuers considering tokenisation, the lesson is that the quality of the settlement money matters as much as the technology. The absence of a name and date means the service is not live yet, so its real use remains to be seen.

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