EY-Parthenon Survey Shows Stablecoin Adoption Doubles Among Corporates

EY-Parthenon's 2026 Blockchain Payments Survey of 521 corporate and financial institution decision-makers found that 18% of corporates have used stablecoins in production, double the share from the 2025 survey. Furthermore, 69% of financial institutions offer or plan to launch stablecoin services within two years, up from 30% in 2025. The primary use case is cross-border B2B payments, with 50% to 53% of respondents using or exploring stablecoins or tokenized deposits for this purpose. Corporates cite slow processing and settlement (56%) and foreign exchange costs (52%) as key frictions, while financial institutions are highly interested in tokenized asset settlement, cited by 63% of respondents.