Which banks invested in stablecoin startups in 2025?

Valerie Charoux
5 days ago
2 min read

Financial News World – Here are the banks that invested in stablecoin startups in 2025, according to the CB Insights Tech Trends 2026:

With the USA enacting the GENIUS (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S.) Stablecoins Act in July 2025, establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for stablecoins, that are cryptocurrencies that are backed by assets, major financial institutions have been investing in stablecoin startups.

Here are the Banks that invested in stablecoin startups in 2025:

1 – Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley ranks No. 1 bank that invested in a stablecoin startup in 2025, with a Series D investment round on 7/14/25 in stablecoin startup ZeroHash, that is a stablecoin payments infrastructure company.

2 – Citi Ventures

Citi Ventures ranks 2^nd bank that invested in a stablecoin startup in 2025, with a Series B investment round on 10/09/25 in stablecoin startup BVNK, that is a stablecoin payments infrastructure company.

3 – Bank of America

Bank of America ranks 3^rd bank that invested in a stablecoin startup in 2025, with a Seed VC investment round on 09/22/25 in stablecoin startup SHIELD AI, that is a B2B stablecoin payments company.

4 – Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered ranks 4^th bank that invested in a stablecoin startup in 2025, with a Seed investment round on 02/18/25 in stablecoin startup StraitsX, that is a Stablecoin payments infrastructure company.

5 – HSBC

HSBC ranks 5^th bank that invested in a stablecoin startup in 2025, with an investment round on 09/24/25 in stablecoin startup ELLIPTIC, that is a Crypto compliance company.