Wall Street Leaders Believe Crypto Will Capture 10% of Post-Trade Market Within 5 Years: Citi Survey

Wall Street executives expect digital assets to capture 10% of post-trade market turnover by 2030 representing approximately $2 trillion in daily trading volume as tokenized securities reach a critical adoption tipping point according to Citi’s Securities Services Evolution 2025 ￰0￱ prediction is based on 537 industry leaders across five years of data with North American respondents being the most bullish

expecting 14% digital turnover driven by recent regulatory ￰1￱ survey reveals big hope in fast settlement infrastructure with 85% of respondents prioritizing accelerated settlements digital asset adoption and automation.) August 25

2025 CEO Jane Fraser confirmed plans for Citi stablecoin issuance while analyst Ronit Ghose compared potential disruption to money market funds draining $32 billion from banks between 1981 and ￰2￱ recently Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole has warned that weak oversight of stablecoins could trigger government bailouts during financial ￰3￱ cautioned that reserve portfolio losses could spark token runs forcing intervention to protect retail investors who view stablecoins as “perfectly safe deposits.” Former People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan has also previously identified systemic amplification risks beyond stated reserves through deposit lending and collateralized ￰4￱ it

recent Investopedia analysis suggests annualized risk estimates of 3.3-3.9% for major stablecoins which is roughly a one-in-three chance of crisis over a decade-long ￰5￱ forward the current stablecoin market is growing with a capitalization of $284 billion with 22 consecutive months of growth

while weekly expansion rates moderate from $4-8 billion peaks to current $1.1 billion levels.