🏦 Five US Banks Launch Tokenized Deposit Network on ZKsync

🏦 Banks move $600B onchain

By zkSync
Apr 6, 2026, 4:35 PM
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Cari Network is building the first tokenized deposits network in the United States, developed alongside five regional banks: Huntington Bank, First Horizon, M&T Bank, KeyBank, and Old National.​ Together representing $600B in deposits, these institutions are leveraging ZKsync's Prividium technology to bring bank-issued digital deposits onchain.​

Key differences from stablecoins:

  • Tokenized deposits are direct bank liabilities, not synthetic assets
  • Integrated with core banking systems
  • Eligible for FDIC insurance
  • Operate within existing regulatory frameworks

What Prividium enables:

  • Private, enterprise-controlled blockchain infrastructure
  • Real-time settlement while maintaining compliance
  • Security anchored to Ethereum
  • 24/7 programmable money within banking regulations

The network aims to modernize deposit infrastructure for the $8.​3T held by regional banks, allowing them to compete in the digital assets economy while preserving privacy and regulatory safeguards.​

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Tokenized deposits solve what public stablecoins and legacy rails cannot. Prividiums enable regulated Institutions issue tokenized deposits on private, enterprise-controlled Chains solving for real use cases like real-time cross-border payments.

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Privacy in Finance should be enforced by mathematics, not managed by trust. Prividium is the only blockchain platform purpose-built for Institutions that demand privacy, compliance, and full control of their data while still being natively connected to Ethereum.

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Built-in Compliance Prividiums combine role-based access controls with ZK proofs empowering Institutions to come onchain in a secure, private and compliant way. Controlled disclosures enable compliance to be demonstrated without exposing confidential business data.

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Tokenized Deposits Financial institutions want digital money that preserves their business model. Prividiums enable them to issue tokenized deposits on private, enterprise-controlled chains delivering privacy, compliance, programmability, and Ethereum-grade settlement.

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Corporate Treasury is slow and expensive. Traditional rails depend on cut-off times, SWIFT messaging and T+1 settlement. Prividiums enable next-gen Treasury management with: Atomic swaps across banks Fungible balances regardless of issuer RT reconciliation & net settlement

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Corporate Treasury is fragmented, slow and expensive. Treasury infrastructure wasn't built for global, real-time business. Prividiums enable programmable Treasury management so that corporations can consolidate their global operations in real-time with near-instant transfers.

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Corporate Treasury is a critical business function which still operates on slow, expensive and fragmented infrastructure. Large enterprises maintain >500 bank accounts globally costing $5–15M/year just to maintain them. Prividiums enable real-time and programmable Treasury.

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🔐 ZKsync is purpose-built for Institutions At @TheTieIO panel, @Ozhar highlighted how ZK tech delivers privacy and execution integrity enabling Institutions to come onchain safely and compliantly. x.com/zksync/status/…

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"Banks ask the most intense security questions. Security on protocol level is paramount because Institutions need to protect against invalid transactions." @Ozhar, VP Business Development, on @TheTieIO panel explaining how ZK tech enables both privacy and execution integrity.

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Prividium is the only platform purpose-built for Institutions that demand privacy, compliance and control of their data. 🔐 Privacy with public proofs 🗃️ Built-in compliance 🌍 Direct connectivity Private where it matters. Connected where it counts.

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It's time for Treasury Management to come onchain. ZKsync enables Enterprises to transform Corporate Treasury into a real-time strategic asset with programmable workflows and enhanced working capital performance. While staying private and compliant.

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