Crypto: Bofa CEO Flags $6t Bank Deposit Risk From Stablecoin Yield 2026

In an earnings call transcript shared on X, BofA CEO Brian Moynihan pointed to studies suggesting yield-bearing stablecoins could draw trillions from the banking system.

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan warned that interest-bearing stablecoins could pull as much as $6 trillion out of the US banking system, arguing that large-scale deposit migration would reduce lending capacity and push borrowing costs higher.

The comments surfaced after a crypto investor shared a screenshot from Bank of America’s earnings call transcript on X.

During the call, Moynihan pointed to Treasury-cited studies showing that a significant share of bank deposits could shift into stablecoins if issuers are allowed to pay interest. He said such products would function more like “a money market mutual fund concept,” with funds held in cash, central bank reserves or short-term Treasurys rather than deployed for lending.

Moynihan said such a shift would move deposits off bank balance sheets, shrinking credit availability, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses that rely more heavily on bank loans than capital markets.

The comments come amid stalled progress in crypto legislations in the United States. On Wednesday, the US Senate Banking Committee postponed a markup of the crypto market structure bill that had been scheduled for Thursday, with committee Chair Tim Scott saying the delay was needed to allow for further bipartisan negotiations. Scott did not provide a new date for the markup.

The postponement followed a similar move by the Senate Agriculture Committee, which earlier this week pushed its own markup of the crypto bill to Jan. 27.

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Whether stablecoin issuers or the exchanges and third parties that distribute their tokens should be allowed to offer yield has emerged as a key point of contention in negotiations across Congress.

Banking groups have said yield-bearing stablecoin products function similarly to unregulated investment products and have been vocal about closing any loopholes that allows yield to be passed to tokenholders.

Source: CoinTelegraph