Blockchain Bites: OCC’s Stablecoin Guidance, EU’s Digital Euro Plans, Chamath...
The OCC published guidance allowing U.S. banks to work with stablecoin issuers. Meanwhile, the ECB thinks the term stablecoin can be "misleading."
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