The year 2026 will be the year when old Wall Street finally becomes on-chain. The transition of the global banking system to digital money and tokens will activate. Meanwhile, the U.S. is accelerating processes to not miss leadership in the crypto economy.
Already, the American stock market is preparing for the full tokenization of assets. In particular, as reported by Bloomberg, the U.S. banking giant JPMorgan conducted its first real transaction on the Solana blockchain. This involves the issuance of bonds worth $50,000,000 for the company Galaxy Digital.
The essence of the agreement: instead of ordinary paper or electronic bonds, the bank 'JPMorgan' created their tokenized version. Buyers: cryptocurrency exchange 'Coinbase' and investment giant 'Franklin Templeton' (settlements were made in the stablecoin USDC).
Finally, this week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) allowed national banks and federal savings associations to act as intermediaries in crypto transactions.
Now banks can conduct transactions with crypto assets as risk-free intermediaries, without holding coins on their balances. This paves the way for the emergence of regulated brokerage crypto services. This OCC decision makes the path for large banks into crypto easier, and importantly – it will strengthen trust in the industry and attract more institutional players.
In turn, U.S. President Donald Trump rightly stated: 'The U.S. stock market continues to break records! When will the false polls show that I am doing great with the economy and many other things???'.
