The assessment is based on strong, consistent, and direct evidence from highly authoritative sources. The most credible sources, Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg, are primary news reports that explicitly state the FDIC is actively considering and working on developing guidance for insuring tokenized deposits. The highest authority source includes a direct quote from the FDIC Acting Chair, Travis Hill, confirming the agency's work and its perspective that 'a deposit is a deposit,' which strongly supports the statement. Lower-authority sources, while less credible on their own, corroborate the information found in the primary reports. There is no conflicting evidence; the one irrelevant source discusses the current insurance status of general crypto assets, not the future guidance on tokenized deposits, and therefore does not contradict the claim. The cumulative evidence from multiple, consistent sources provides high confidence that the FDIC is indeed planning to issue such guidelines.