State Street targets stablecoin reserve boom with new money market fund

Finance State Street targets stablecoin reserve boom with new money market fund The asset manager joins BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and others competing to manage reserves backing the growing stablecoin market. By Helene Braun | Edited by Jamie Crawley Jun 16, 2026, 2:27 p.m. 2 min read Make preferred on Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Make preferred on (Getty Images) Summary Show State Street has introduced a government money market fund tailored for stablecoin issuers, aiming to manage the reserves that back digital dollars under the GENIUS Act framework. The move intensifies competition among major asset managers such as BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity and JPMorgan to oversee the Treasury bills, cash and money market funds that support stablecoins. With Tether and Circle already holding tens of billions of dollars in Treasury-related assets and global stablecoin issuance projected to reach up to $4 trillion by 2030, Wall Street firms see stablecoin reserve management as a fast-growing source of fee-generating assets. Wall Street's largest asset managers are increasingly competing to manage the assets backing stablecoins, a market that could swell into the trillions of dollars as digital dollars become a larger part of the financial system. State Street Investment Management introduced the State Street Stablecoin Reserves Money Market Fund on Tuesday, a government money market fund designed specifically for stablecoin issuers operating under the framework established by the GENIUS Act. The fund's introduction comes as traditional financial (TradFi) firms race to position themselves as key providers of reserve management services for stablecoin issuers. Stablecoins, which are typically pegged to the U.S. dollar, are backed by reserves that often include Treasury bills, cash and money market funds. As issuance grows, so does the pool of assets generating management fees for fund providers. The fund's initial investors include State Street Bank and Trust Company and Anchorage Digital, the crypto-focused bank that holds a federal charter in the United States. Stablecoins have become one of the most sought-after opportunities in digital assets for traditional finance firms. Major asset managers, custodians and banks have spent the past year rolling out products aimed at tokenized cash markets and reserve management infrastructure. BlackRock already oversees much of the Treasury portfolio backing Circle's $75 billion USDC stablecoin, while Franklin Templeton, Fidelity and JPMorgan have each expanded tokenized cash and digital asset offerings over the past year. As stablecoin issuers accumulate billions of dollars in Treasury bills and money market funds, asset managers are increasingly viewing reserve management as a lucrative new source of assets under management. Tether and Circle, the two largest stablecoin issuers, collectively hold tens of billions of dollars in Treasury-related assets. State Street cited projections estimating global stablecoin issuance could grow to between $1.9 trillion and $4 trillion by 2030 as institutional adoption accelerates. The fund follows State Street's introduction of SWEEP, a tokenized liquidity fund developed with Galaxy Digital. Together, the products signal the firm's broader effort to build infrastructure for what it sees as a growing market for tokenized money, onchain cash management and digital asset settlement. 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