Tassat wants to help smaller banks tap the stablecoin boom before big banks lock them out

The announcement comes as stablecoins move further into mainstream finance following the passage of the GENIUS Act. Wall Street firms and banks are expanding stablecoin initiatives, while Citi projects the market could reach roughly $4 trillion by 2030.

At that scale, Sussman said, concentrating reserves among a few institutions could create liquidity and deposit risks.

“If you assume stablecoins scale to $5 trillion or $10 trillion, then there has to be something that helps the market reach equilibrium,” Sussman said. “It can’t just live in a really small circle because that will compound the risk on both sides.”

The platform itself will not run on a blockchain, though Tassat plans to connect it with tokenized asset and deposit networks. Sussman said that approach lowers the technical burden for smaller banks.

“There is a real risk that vast swaths of the U.S. banking ecosystem get left out in the cold,” he said. “I don’t think that’s healthy politically for the United States. I don’t think it’s healthy economically.”