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Survey: 75% of US Banks Have Blockchain Finance Programs Underway

  • —22% of banks have live or scaling blockchain projects, another 53% are piloting or evaluating
  • —54% have issued RFPs for digital asset vendors; two-thirds have allocated budget
  • —72% appointed an executive accountable for digital asset strategy; 68% have in-house compliance
  • —Top barriers: cybersecurity (47%), risk management (47%) and regulatory uncertainty (46%)
Why it matters: Major US banks are moving from evaluation to procurement of blockchain infrastructure, expanding institutional demand for custody and stablecoin rails.
Source: The Defiant
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