# The Fight Over Who May Pay Yield on Stablecoins Reaches $307 Billion in Supply

Banks want the statutory ban on issuer interest extended to affiliates and third parties, a rule that would decide whether dollars sit in deposits or in tokens as national debt approaches $40 trillion.

- Published: 2026-08-17T05:44:33.122Z
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- Section: macro
- Sources: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2026/08/14/the-stablecoin-yield-clash-that-won-t-go-away-has-banks-crypto-battling-over-tradition), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news)

The unresolved question in United States stablecoin policy is not whether tokens are legal. It is whether anyone may pay a holder for using one. CoinDesk reports that bankers want savers kept in lower-yield deposits for the stability of a s…

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