Regulators are coming for stablecoins, but what should they start with?
Regulators are coming for stablecoins, and the best place to start is with transparency standards for collateral and financial activities. The word “stablecoin” may have a pleasant ring to it — isn’t it nice to have something stable in the volatile cryptoverse? — but for critics, they are nothing short of a ticking time bomb. Whether that’s true or not, the push for regulating stablecoins is gaining momentum. The United States and the European Union are getting closer to formalizing their playbooks, and given the history of financial regulation emanating from Washington and Brussels, as....
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According to Michael Hsu, representatives from the crypto industry as well as within the U.S. government could work toward setting standards on stablecoins. Michael Hsu, the acting head at the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said stablecoins need standards comparable to the early internet.In a written statement following his appearance at the Artificial Intelligence and the Economy event in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Hsu said stablecoins lacked “shared standards,” were “interoperable,” and needed standards similar to those set by the Internet Engineering Task....
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) says stablecoins have the potential to enhance the efficiency of the provision of financial services. The body adds that the hybrid cryptocurrencies have the potential to bring efficiencies to payments (including cross-border payments) as well as to promote financial inclusion. Yet despite this acknowledgment, the FSB still argues against the widespread adoption of stablecoins claiming they “may generate risks to financial stability, particularly if they are adopted at a significant scale.” The AML/CFT Argument In a report, the FSB says....
The President's Working Group has not said anything revolutionary, but does establish some new clarity. A group of leading U.S. financial regulators has released a new statement on stablecoins. One of the headlining topics of crypto regulation news this year, stablecoins were the main topic of a Dec. 23 statement the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, or PWG. The PWG includes representation from the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The group's stated opinions were hardly revolutionary, mostly....
“Establishing clear regulatory expectations will be paramount to give this market an opportunity to grow and mature in a responsible manner,” said Jelena McWilliams. Jelena McWilliams, the chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, has said the agency is working with other regulators in the United States to explore “under what circumstances banks can engage in activities involving crypto assets.”In a speech at the Money20/20 fintech conference on Oct. 25, McWilliams said the FDIC, in coordination with the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the....
As a part of the global trend of stablecoins carving out its niche, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the watchdog organization overseeing Canada’s provincial and territorial securities regulators, has stepped in with new guidelines to provide clarity on the trading and issuance of stablecoins within its borders. Among numerous assets holding different characteristics and utilities, in […]