The U.S. regulatory sphere has witnessed a notable shift regarding stablecoins. In this respect, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has repriced stablecoin risk to enhance the integration of traditional finance (TradFi). As per Kyle Chassé’s X post, with this change, broker-dealers can categorize eligible dollar-pegged stablecoins in the class of near-cash traditional financial instruments. Hence, this notably decreases the capital friction in the market.
🚨 SEC JUST REPRICED STABLECOIN RISKThe SEC now lets broker-dealers treat qualifying USD stablecoins as near-cash.Only a 2% haircut on proprietary positions.That puts compliant stablecoins in the same risk bucket as short-term Treasuries.Why?Because reserves, regulated… pic.twitter.com/ZZmidllVkF
— Kyle Chassé 🐸 (@Kylechasse) February 23, 2026
SEC Policy Change Categorizes Stablecoins as Near-Cash Financial Instruments for Broker-Dealers
As the new policy shift suggests, the U.S. SEC has permitted broker-dealers to treat dollar-pegged stablecoins in the category of conventional financial instruments. The policy update reflects the rising confidence in the completely reserved, regulated, and audited stablecoin structures. Additionally, while transparent management and monthly attestations reduce uncertainty, this makes digital dollars relatively predictable in line with the balance-sheet perspective.
This change makes certain stablecoins operational near-cash instruments when it comes to liquidity management and settlement. Thus, broker-dealers can hold stablecoins while fulfilling capital requirements just like highly liquid instruments instead of categorizing them as high-risk financial tools. So, the institutions that formerly avoided using on-chain assets because of risks associated with them can ultimately reconsider their integration.
TradFi Integration Grows as Digital Dollars Become Relatively Balance-Sheet Friendly
The capability to transfer value rapidly while maintaining diverse risk categorizations could effectively streamline trading, post-trade processes, and collateral management. By decreasing the capital charges of keeping stablecoins, the framework incentivizes entities to seamlessly experiment with cutting-edge blockchain rails to carry out real-time clearing. Moreover, with time, this initiative could decrease compliance within the lagging correspondent banking ecosystems and enhance operational efficiency.
According to Kyle Chassé, the stablecoin risk repricing indicates a phase of convergence instead of a hype cycle. By integrating regulated tokenized dollars into the operating risk frameworks, the regulators in the USA are leading toward wider adoption without compelling TradFi entities to overhaul the existing models. Furthermore, while more companies are now considering the usage of stablecoins in the form of operational cash tools, the latest merger of traditional finance and crypto rails could turn it into a standard practice.
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