American banking giant Wells Fargo has filed a trademark application covering a wide range of cryptocurrency trading, payments and blockchain software services.
The filing, submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Tuesday, seeks protection for the name “WFUSD”. According to official trademark records, the application is currently awaiting assignment to an examining attorney.
The filing outlines an extensive list of potential products and services linked to digital assets, including “cryptocurrency trading services; cryptocurrency exchange services; cryptocurrency payment processing; financial brokerage services for cryptocurrency trading; electronic transfer of virtual currencies.”
The trademark also covers software tools designed for the blockchain ecosystem. The application lists downloadable software for collecting digital assets, accessing non-fungible tokens (NFTs), managing crypto wallets and executing digital asset trades.
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The Wells Fargo filing includes staking and tokenization.
Other services mentioned in the filing include cryptocurrency payment processing, electronic transfers of virtual currencies and financial data feeds providing price information to blockchain-based smart contracts.
In addition to trading infrastructure, Wells Fargo’s trademark application refers to software-as-a-service platforms for tokenizing assets, verifying blockchain transactions and enabling cryptocurrency staking operations. The filing also includes authentication services and blockchain-based data transmission tools used in decentralized applications.
While trademark filings do not guarantee a product launch, companies often use them to secure branding for potential future offerings.
Wells Fargo is a prominent American multinational financial services company and one of the “Big Four” American banks.
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Banks are ramping up the stablecoin push.
The new trademark filing comes after several major US banks, including JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, reportedly discussed a joint stablecoin project in 2025.
Earlier this year, Fidelity Digital Assets also launched Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), a 1:1 USD-pegged, fully collateralized stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain.
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