Crypto-friendly SEC Commissioner Hints At Stablecoin Regulation After Terra C...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), commissioner Hester Peirce, popularly known as “crypto mom,” signaled that SEC could develop stricter rules around crypto stablecoins soon due to the Terra’s UST crash incident. According to Reuter’s report, on May 12, Pierce commented on the progress in an online discussion hosted by the London-based Official Monetary […]
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A commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expects to see stricter regulation on stablecoins. However, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says stablecoins are currently “not a real threat” to the country’s financial stability. SEC Commissioner on Stablecoin Regulation The regulation of stablecoins has been a hot topic this week following the Terra fiasco which saw UST losing its U.S. dollar peg and LUNA plunging to near zero. A commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Hester Peirce, talked about cryptocurrency....
A commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Dawn Stump, has voiced concerns about cryptocurrency regulation through enforcement — the approach taken by both the CFTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
CFTC Commissioner Stump on Crypto Regulation
CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump has raised concerns regarding the approach her agency and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are taking to regulate the crypto industry. The commissioner is a vocal proponent of clarifying guidelines for crypto assets.
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The European Commission’s commissioner for financial services has reportedly urged U.S. lawmakers to establish new rules to regulate the crypto industry. “We do need to see other players also legislating … We need to look at global regulation of crypto,” said the commissioner. EU Commissioner Calls on U.S. Lawmakers to Establish New Crypto Rules Mairead McGuinness, the European Commission’s commissioner for financial services, talked about cryptocurrency regulation in an interview with the Financial Times, published Tuesday. Referencing the Markets in Crypto-Assets....
A commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned that the securities market regulator has dropped the ball on crypto regulation. “We’re not allowing innovation to develop and experimentation to happen in a healthy way, and there are long-term consequences of that failure,” said the commissioner.
SEC Commissioner Warns About the ‘Failure’ of Crypto Regulation
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce expressed concerns that the U.S. has dropped the ball on the regulation of cryptocurrencies in an interview with CNBC on the....
UST, one of the stablecoins of the Terra project, has become the largest stablecoin by market capitalization today, after having surpassed its Ethereum-based rival, DAI. UST is now the largest decentralized stablecoin in the market, closing a year of growth for the Terra ecosystem, which is now among the most valuable top ten cryptocurrency projects in the market.
UST Flips DAI As The Most Valuable Decentralized Stablecoin
UST, one of the stablecoins derived from the Terra project, has become the most valuable project of its kind by market cap, taking the spot that DAI, another....