Why do traditional banks stay far away from the yields of stablecoins? The essence is actually quite simple. Banks' profit models are built on interest rate spreads—absorbing low-interest deposits and turning them into high-interest loans. Once stablecoins offer competitive returns, depositors have a new option, and the attractiveness of traditional savings accounts in banks is greatly diminished. This directly threatens their core profit sources. To put it plainly, the existing structure of the banking system does not allow competitors like stablecoins to change the game. Follow the money, and everything makes sense.
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PerennialLeek
· 18h ago
This arbitrage business in banking should have been disrupted long ago. Clinging to that little thing of low-interest deposits and still trying to monopolize, the arrival of stablecoins directly breaks the defense.
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0xSunnyDay
· 22h ago
The banks backed down. Basically, they're afraid of money fleeing. They can't profit from the interest spread, so they pretend not to see it.
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pumpamentalist
· 01-16 00:47
The traditional banking model indeed needs to be disrupted; it's been too long of quietly making huge profits.
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staking_gramps
· 01-14 06:02
The arbitrage business in banks has long been under attack; stablecoins are here to revolutionize it.
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LayerZeroJunkie
· 01-14 06:01
Banks are just afraid. If the interest spread business gets disrupted, how can they not panic?
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HashBrownies
· 01-14 06:00
The arbitrage business of banks should have been dead long ago. Stablecoins have really pushed them into a corner.
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JustHereForMemes
· 01-14 05:59
Those bank folks are stubbornly clinging to the interest margin, and they panic when stablecoins come around. It's hilarious.
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ImpermanentPhobia
· 01-14 05:50
Banks have enjoyed profit margins from interest rate differentials for so many years, now they're panicking. As soon as stablecoins appeared, they started to threaten their slice of the pie.
Why do traditional banks stay far away from the yields of stablecoins? The essence is actually quite simple. Banks' profit models are built on interest rate spreads—absorbing low-interest deposits and turning them into high-interest loans. Once stablecoins offer competitive returns, depositors have a new option, and the attractiveness of traditional savings accounts in banks is greatly diminished. This directly threatens their core profit sources. To put it plainly, the existing structure of the banking system does not allow competitors like stablecoins to change the game. Follow the money, and everything makes sense.