Chainlink’s Nazarov: Genius Act Could Supercharge $2 Trillion Stablecoin Boom

The $2 trillion stablecoin market is primed for liftoff—and Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov says the 'Genius Act' might just be the spark.

Stablecoins: From Niche to Nuclear

Forget 'slow and steady'—Nazarov’s betting regulatory clarity will send stablecoins stratospheric. No more regulatory limbo, just a rocket strapped to the backbone of crypto.

Finance’s Worst-Kept Secret

Wall Street’s already salivating over yield-bearing stablecoins (while pretending they’re not). Now imagine them with legal certainty—like giving a caffeine IV to a hedge fund manager.

The Punchline?

If this passes, stablecoins won’t just mirror the dollar—they’ll eat its lunch. And banks? They’ll be too busy lobbying to notice.

• Stablecoin value could surge tenfold, reaching $2 trillion due to the Genius Act.
• Global banks may launch their own stablecoins, intensifying competition and innovation.
• Tokenized gold with DeFi-powered yields could soon rival U.S. Treasuries.

The recently passed Genius Act has launched the United States into a new era of digital finance. Designed to regulate stablecoins, the act mandates full-reserve coverage in the FORM of cash or US treasuries and grants a statutory foundation to incumbent institutions as well as blockchain tech startups to mint stablecoins.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov, a key figure behind the legislation, predicts the law will catapult tokenized cash from $200 billion to $2 trillion in the NEAR future.

This expansion should be driven by a growing on-chain economy. With digital items like cash, equities, and funds becoming tokenized, it’s possible to have more efficient and secure financial systems.

Major global banks will now be releasing their own stablecoins, from skepticism to complete adoption. Even banking giants, such as JP Morgan, now support stablecoins, driven by the programmability of stablecoins and user demand.

The Genius Act might also be useful in stabilizing U.S. debt markets. By spreading treasury deposits among millions of stablecoin holders instead of a select group of foreign governments, the U.S. can gain more decentralized and secure control over its finances.

Tokenized Gold Could Rival U.S. Treasuries

Tokenized Gold is emerging as a serious contender to traditional financial products. Gold used to have just one big absent feature: yield. But decentralized finance has filled this void. According to Sergey Nazarov, now it’s feasible to design tokenized gold to generate returns similar to or even competitive with U.S. Treasuries.

Through Chainlink’s infrastructure, Nazarov and his team have helped tokenize institutional gold reserves. In the DeFi ecosystem, gold can now be used as collateral or loaned out in various ways to generate yield.

This development could encourage more investors to shift from physical gold to its tokenized form, giving them ownership and interest-earning potential at the same time.

These kinds of changes can shift gold from a store of value perception to an active source of revenue. The gold community, heretofore away from blockchain innovation, can very well adopt tokenization as it sees value in programmability and revenue-yielding gold.

Genius Act Fuels Stablecoin Momentum as CBDC Progress Stalls

In spite of all the momentum surrounding stablecoin regulation, the U.S. itself is hesitant on CBDCs. Political resistance, more from Republican politicians, has acted to prevent a central digital dollar from emerging, Nazarov believes. Worry about surveillance and state power remains at the forefront of debate.

For now, the Genius Act’s focus on private, fully backed stablecoins appears to align better with American financial values. As the law fuels stablecoin and tokenization growth, the U.S. may be positioning itself to lead the global shift into a blockchain-based financial future.