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WSJ Article on New Tokenized Deposits

By Thomas E. Walker, Jr.
June 5, 2026

In my opinion, this is the future of digital commerce in our economy.  

It utilizes our existing finance infrastructure and, unlike stablecoin, still allows for leverage and money creation through the banking system, which is critical to our national and local economies. 

As I heard in the theatre recently, “this is the way.”

Banks tend to favor tokenized deposits over stablecoins because they are simply traditional bank deposits represented as digital tokens on the blockchain. That means tokenized deposits retain the same credit-risk profile, regulatory expectations and accounting treatments, making it easier for banks to offer blockchain-based payments within an existing regulatory framework. They also keep deposits within the banking system.
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