According to Lamine Brahmi, managing partner and co-founder of crypto custody provider Taurus, banks and corporations across Europe have moved beyond exploring and now are actively choosing infrastructure partners for stablecoin adoption.
Brahimi said to Cointelegraph 18 months ago most discussions were educational and focused on the understanding of stablecoins. Firms with board approval are now preparing for launch. The introduction of EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulations (MiCA), he said, has expedited this transition. It replaced fragmented rules at the national level with one regulatory framework that is applicable across the entire bloc.
“In the past 12 months alone some of Europe’s most stringent financial institutions are all arriving at the same conclusion, digital assets, including stablecoins, belong inside the existing banking stack, not beside it,” He said.
The demand is largely driven by corporate treasury departments. Brahimi says that initially, stablecoins were used for payments and settlements. But now, businesses are using them to transfer funds more quickly, to cut costs, and to operate outside the traditional banking schedule.
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The conversation about Stablecoin is now much more direct and practical
Brahimi says that adoptions are increasingly driven more by immediate needs than long-term strategies. “Once clients start asking for better settlement, more flexibility, or more efficient cross-border movement of value, the conversation becomes much more immediate and much more practical,” He also added.
ClearBank Europe will be holding a Thursday ClearBank Europe announced It is the first Dutch credit institute to be approved under MiCA as a provider of crypto assets services. The consortium, which includes ING, UniCredit CaixaBank, and BBVA is composed of several major European banks. now pursuing QivalisThe euro stablecoin is a MiCA compliant initiative that enables regulated payments onchain and settlements across Europe.
European banks also have their own initiatives in place to create stablecoins. Societe Generale in Paris has positioned its stablecoins Oddo BHF is a Paris-based bank that has specialized in FX, cash management and cross-border payment. launched a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin.
A group of banks including ING UniCredit BNP Paribas, is preparing a Swiss-franc stablecoin For the second half 2026.
Paybis’ chief business officer, Konstantin Vasilenko said that the platform had seen a rise in demand for stablecoins compatible with USDC (US Dollars). USDC (USDCPaybis volume in the EU has increased about 109%.
Vasilenko noted that between October 2025 to March 2026, Paybis’ stablecoin seller volume was roughly six-to-five times greater than the buyer volume in Europe. Moreover, he noted that stablecoin average transaction sizes are 15% to 35% greater than Bitcoin.BTCEtherETH) trades. “That usually points to working capital, settlement use and more deliberate business flows,” He said.
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By 2035, the volume of stablecoins could be as high as $1.5 quadrillion
Chainalysis’ new report projects stablecoin transactions volumes to grow rapidly over the next 10 years, from $28 trillion at 2025, and reach $719 trillion under organic growth scenarios by 2035.
In a more aggressive scenario, volumes could climb to $1.5 quadrillion Stablecoins can become the dominant payment infrastructure, and a wealth transfer will occur from older generations to younger ones.
Will Harborne said, as CEO of Rhino.fi’s stablecoin infrastructure, that the use of stablecoins for corporate treasury and cross-border payments, along with FX trading between dollar and euro stablecoins, will increase over the next couple years.
“I think every business will eventually start accepting and using stablecoins in some form, and the companies that prepare early will be in the best position when that shift becomes mainstream,” He said.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
