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  • Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) believes 2026 is the year we\u2019ll see crypto fully adopted and embedded into the core systems of financial institutions.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • According to SVB this shift will be driven largely by improved regulatory clarity giving the green light for institutions to fully adopt blockchain-based financial innovations like stablecoins and tokenisation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Despite cryptocurrency prices being down and retail sentiment hitting historic lows, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) believes 2026 is the year that crypto finally gets fully integrated into financial institutions and the broader mainstream economy.<\/p>\n

    Speaking to CoinDesk, SVB\u2019s Senior Vice President of Crypto, Anthony Vassallo, said improved regulatory clarity is seeing blockchain tech become more deeply embedded into existing financial infrastructure such as payment rails and custody.<\/p>\n

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    Regardless of how tangible or visible, all the forces shaping crypto today share a common thread: Crypto is moving from expectations to production. Pilot programs are scaling and capital is consolidating.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    \n Anthony Vassallo, Silicon Valley Bank senior vice president of crypto <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    In December, SVB published a report suggesting institutions are increasing their efforts to invest in, or fully acquire crypto start-ups that align with their business goals, suggesting startups are starting to find a better \u201cproduct-market fit, driven by enterprise and retail demand rather than fragile speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n

    And the figures support this narrative. According to data from Pitchbook cited in SVB\u2019s report, 2025 saw investors stump up US$7.9 billion (AU$11.2b) to fund crypto startups, an increase of 44% over the previous year. Over the same period, the number of deals actually fell by 33%, but the median investment size grew by 150% to around US$5 million (AU$7.1m).<\/p>\n

    SVB warned in its report that there may actually be a shortfall of suitable start-ups for institutions to invest in within the next 12 months.<\/p>\n

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    This time next year, the industry could be looking at another record VC year in crypto. In fact, demand for investible companies may outstrip supply.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    \n Silicon Valley Bank report <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    According to Vassallo, financial institutions are also increasingly looking to fully acquire crypto firms outright in an effort to rapidly implement blockchain-based tech and remain competitive.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe expect M&A to set a record again in 2026. As digital asset capabilities become table stakes for financial services, companies will focus on acquisition strategies instead of building products from scratch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

    Related: White House Pushes Crypto and Banks Toward Stablecoin Compromise<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Stablecoins, Tokenisation and AI Underpin Crypto Institutional Adoption, Says SVB<\/h2>\n

    SVB expects 2026 to see stablecoins become embedded financial institutions\u2019 core systems and become the \u201cinternet\u2019s dollar,\u201d driven by the passage in the US of the GENIUS Act in 2025 and similar stablecoin frameworks expected to be implemented in several other jurisdictions, including Singapore, UK, EU and UAE.<\/p>\n

    Already, several major banks are experimenting with stablecoins, including JPMorgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo. SVB said investment in stablecoin companies exceeded US$1.5 billion (AU$.21b) in 2025, up from just US$50 million (AU$70.5m) in 2019.<\/p>\n

    Tokenisation is also driving significant institutional adoption of crypto, according to SVB, with several large institutional players, including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton, having already hundreds of millions of dollars worth of real-world assets on-chain.<\/p>\n

    Related: US Bank Lobby Urges OCC to Pause Crypto Trust Charters Amid Stablecoin Uncertainty<\/strong><\/p>\n

    AI too is contributing to institutional adoption with an increase in the share of funding going to crypto startups leveraging AI in their products, increasing from 18% to 40% over the course of 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    While the impact of this institutional adoption may appear subtle to end-users, with much of the technology abstracted away behind slick user interfaces, SVB believes it nonetheless marks significant progress for the adoption of crypto as it continues its transition from speculative asset to true financial infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    \u201cIn 2025, momentum in onchain representations of cash, treasuries and money market instruments carried real-world assets into the financial mainstream,\u201d Vassallo said. \u201cThis year, cryptocurrency will be treated as infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

    Cryptocurrency,Market Analysis#SVB #Marks #Cryptos #Shift #Hype #Financial #Infrastructure1771317399<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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