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“The big challenge that happens, let’s say there was a run, let’s say there was a bankruptcy or some major issue. The holder of the stablecoin has no contractual claim on the funds in custody. The only one who does, who has any say, and can control the whole thing
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A Financial Stability Board (FSB) stocktake has found that stablecoins, or cryptocurrencies pegged to real-world assets, are currently not being used at a significant scale for mainstream payments.The finding was mentioned in an FSB roadmap and progress report for enhancing cross-border payments on Wednesday. The FSB published its first targets
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report Thursday outlining progress made, or lack thereof, by 48 jurisdictions on the “Regulation, Supervision, and Oversight of ‘Global Stablecoin’ Arrangements” since it was first introduced by the global watchdog last year.The FSB, an international body charged by the G20 for monitoring and
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We’re starting to get a sense of how the Biden administration will try to regulate stablecoins. The short version seems to be: A regulatory framework that would mandate more transparency and oversight from issuers (versus one focused on the stablecoins themselves).Side note: I’m at The Trading Show Chicago today and
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Circle, a key supporter of the USDC stablecoin, said in regulatory filings that it received an “investigative subpoena” from the SEC’s Enforcement Division in July 2021. That subpoena requests “documents and information regarding certain of our holdings, customer programs, and operations,” the filing said. Source
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COTI is set to launch bank accounts and Visa debit cards for its users. The company which is building the very first stablecoin on the Cardano blockchain is moving forward with new products to expand its service offerings to its clients. COTI had announced that it had partnered with Simplex
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The Biden administration is reportedly considering a new legal framework for stablecoin issuers that would put them in the same category as banks, raising questions about the future of crypto regulation in the country.Citing people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the administration is looking
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A senior administration official confirmed to CryptoX that the report is accurate and that the federal government is looking at two different pathways. The first is the congressional pathway outlined by the WSJ, though the official did not provide specifics. The second is through the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC),
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The blockchain ecosystem has evolved significantly over the past decade as smart contract capabilities have moved the industry from being a simple medium of exchange to a bustling ecosystem full of decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFT).One project that has benefited from the increased capabilities of blockchain technology and
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