Paxos urges banks to make stablecoins core infrastructure, four models

On 17 February 2026, Paxos urged banks to treat stablecoins as core financial infrastructure in its Stablecoin Strategy Guide for Banks. The firm outlined four integration paths—issuing, white-labeling, supporting PYUSD/USDP, or joining shared settlement networks—and said adoption is accelerating as regulatory clarity improves.