On September 28, 2026, Citi and Coinbase announced an expanded collaboration to bridge traditional fiat and digital asset rails for corporate and consumer clients. The Wall Street Journal reported the partnership first; the details are structural, not cosmetic. The mechanism runs through two channels. First, Coinbase Virtual Accounts, powered by Citi's Virtual Account Wallet under its Banking-as-a-Service infrastructure, convert incoming fiat into stablecoins automatically. Coinbase offers a 3.75% annual yield on those balances – a platform incentive, not a product of the stablecoin issuer, and explicitly not FDIC-insured.
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