Major Bank Moves Stablecoin Strategy into Wall Street’s Hidden Financing Machine

Société Générale (SG-FORGE), the digital assets subsidiary of the French banking giant, announced on May 17, 2026, that it is deploying its CoinVertible stablecoins on the Canton Network. The move integrates the bank’s regulated USDV and EURV tokens into a privacy-focused blockchain designed for institutional finance. By joining this network, SG-FORGE plans to act as an on-chain trading platform, offering bank-grade settlement for firms managing tokenized collateral and treasury operations.

This development targets the repurchase (repo) market, a critical $12.6 trillion financing machine that allows institutions to borrow cash against high-quality assets. Traditionally, this “hidden” market relies on legacy infrastructure that can be slow and fragmented. Société Générale aims to modernize this process by using the Canton Network for intraday repo financing, allowing institutions to settle trades more efficiently while maintaining strict regulatory standards.

Jean-Marc Stenger, CEO of SG-FORGE, noted that tokenization adoption is surging as banks seek global reach. This expansion follows the subsidiary’s successful rollout of the first U.S. tokenized digital bond via Canton in November 2025. The bank now intends to accept specific tokenized assets as eligible collateral, providing a bridge between traditional finance and decentralized ledgers. As Ethereum network outlooks evolve with institutional activity, more banks are seeking secure, permissioned environments for these high-stakes trades.

Blockchain adoption in the $12.6 trillion repo market

The global repo market provides the liquidity that keeps financial systems moving. Currently, the European overnight repo market alone is valued at €10.9 trillion. By deploying regulated stablecoins like USDV and EURV, SG-FORGE provides an on-chain settlement mechanism that reduces the friction of traditional treasury management. Institutions can now use these digital currencies to facilitate the “cash leg” of a transaction instantly.

The timing of this strategy follows significant legislative changes in the United States. President Donald Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act into law on a Friday prior to July 19, 2025. This framework clarified how banks can issue dollar-pegged tokens, mandating 1:1 reserves in high-quality liquid assets like Treasury bills. SG-FORGE’s move on May 17, 2026, positions its tokens as compliant tools within this federal oversight system.

Operating on the Canton Network allows Société Générale to offer privacy that public blockchains often lack. Institutional participants can transact without exposing sensitive trade data to the public, a requirement for any firm handling massive volumes of collateral. This trend mirrors a broader shift as investor sentiment turns toward regulated, transparent digital structures over speculative assets.

JPMorgan and the scale of tokenized finance

Société Générale is entering a space where JPMorgan has already established a significant presence. JPMorgan’s blockchain business unit, Kinexys (formerly known as Onyx), has handled a massive volume of digital transactions. Specifically, the Intraday Repo application on the Onyx Digital Assets (ODA) platform has processed more than $300 billion in repo transactions since its launch in November 2020.

The total notional transaction volume across the Kinexys blockchain has exceeded $1.5 trillion. This figure includes a variety of financial products such as buybacks, cross-border payments, and foreign exchange. Currently, the platform handles approximately $2 billion in daily processing volume. These figures highlight the scale at which major global banks are now operating on distributed ledger technology, serving major clients like BlackRock and Siemens.

Competition is increasing as more institutions seek to tokenize money market funds. In mid-May 2026, JPMorgan filed for JLTXX, a tokenized government money market fund that would utilize Ethereum-based token balances. This follows BlackRock’s successful USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), which saw its assets under management hit nearly $2.9 billion by mid-2025. This growth has pushed the market for yield-earning tokenized debt to roughly $15 billion.

Future of on-chain treasury and liquidity

As the tokenized assets market reaches a total value of $31 billion, banks are focusing on interoperability. JPMorgan is already collaborating with external platforms, offering JPM Coin as a settlement mechanism for Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform. This marks the first time a major bank-led digital currency has provided settlement for an external third-party digital platform, further digitizing the repo infrastructure.

The broader market is witnessing a rapid transition as yield-bearing tokens become more integrated into traditional portfolios. While some assets like Ondo Finance have faced volatility, the underlying demand for digital liquidity remains high. For SG-FORGE, the Canton Network provides a way to link its regulated stablecoins with various financial applications, potentially creating a standardized rail for global finance.

Looking forward, the success of these digital corridors will depend on bank-to-bank adoption. If the “hidden” financing markets of Wall Street fully move toward these synchronized settlement solutions, the days of multi-day clearing cycles could be numbered. Société Générale’s latest move suggests the industry is no longer just experimenting with blockchain, but building a permanent alternative to legacy cash management.