SoFi Puts Bank-Issued Stablecoin SoFiUSD in Its Consumer App
SoFi Technologies made SoFiUSD, its dollar-pegged stablecoin, available to members inside its consumer app, which it says makes it the first U.S. national bank to offer a bank-issued stablecoin on a consumer banking platform. The token runs on Ethereum and Solana and is redeemable one-to-one for U.S. dollars from SoFi Bank.
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What SoFi Announced
SoFi Technologies said Wednesday that SoFiUSD is now available to members to buy, sell, hold and convert inside the SoFi app. According to the company, that makes it the first stablecoin issued by a federally chartered bank to be offered directly on a banking platform. The token runs on both Ethereum and Solana.
The Defiant reported that SoFiUSD was first launched in December for enterprise clients before the consumer rollout. The Decrypt and The Defiant accounts agree on the core facts of the consumer launch. They differ on the scale of the rollout: The Defiant cites 14.7 million SoFi members as the potential user base, while the Decrypt report does not give a member count. The 14.7 million figure is the total membership the app reaches, not a reported number of SoFiUSD holders, and neither source reports adoption or balances.
Reserves and Redemption
SoFiUSD is redeemable one-to-one for U.S. dollars from SoFi Bank, according to the company, which says it keeps liquid assets to back all outstanding tokens. Independent auditors will perform regular attestations of those reserves. Neither report publishes reserve figures or the frequency of attestations beyond the word "regular."
SoFi also cautioned that SoFiUSD is not itself FDIC-insured and, like all digital assets, carries the risk of loss. The company's bank-grade backing therefore does not extend deposit insurance to the token itself.
Regulatory Backdrop
The launch comes as Congress works toward a broader federal framework for crypto markets through the Clarity Act, which would set federal rules for the wider crypto market. Stablecoins already have a narrower statute: President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law last summer, establishing rules for issuing and trading stablecoins. SoFi's product is positioned within that stablecoin-specific regime.
Roadmap
SoFi outlined several near-term plans. Members will be able to convert SoFiUSD into tokenized deposits eligible for FDIC insurance, use low-cost cross-border transfers available around the clock, and access a planned listing of the token on the institutional crypto exchange Bullish. The company has not given timelines for these items in the reporting cited here.
CEO Anthony Noto framed the product as a way for members to buy, hold and pay with digital assets in the same app used for saving, spending, borrowing and investing.
Why It Matters
For Traders
SoFiUSD's consumer launch is a product announcement with no reported volumes or holder counts, so there is no near-term flow data to trade on yet.
For Investors
A federally chartered bank putting its own stablecoin into a mass-market app signals that bank-issued stablecoins are moving from pilots toward retail distribution under the GENIUS Act framework.
For Builders
Integrations with bank-issued dollar tokens on Ethereum and Solana expand the set of regulated stablecoins that wallets and payment apps can route through.
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