New bill proposes US Treasury to have full authority over fiat stablecoins
The bill also calls for the Federal Reserve to be vested with the clear authority to issue a digital dollar. A new bill introduced by United States House Democrat Don Beyer of Virginia has proposed a far-reaching regulatory and legal framework for digital assets across the board.Entitled "The Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act of 2021," the bill touches on virtually all the important grey areas that continue to exist regarding cryptocurrencies in the U.S. context. One of its primary goals is to establish statutory definitions for digital assets and digital asset....
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Are stablecoins in the sights of U.S. regulators? The decline of Terra Luna and it’s UST (and correlating LUNA) token earlier this year brought along plenty of fanfare. It’s full damage and implications, however, have clearly yet to be established; a new draft of a U.S. House bill is proposing a two-year ban on stablecoins similar to Terra’s UST stablecoin. UST depegged and caused major ripples throughout defi earlier this year. Let’s look at what the legislation could potentially bring to the market. Stablecoins Under Scrutiny? According to a report from Bloomberg,....
Crypto regulation came through as expected in the Financial Services and Markets Bill in spite of changes in government personnel and the collapse of the crypto market. The Financial Services and Markets Bill was introduced into the UK Parliament on July 20. The comprehensive bill, which was meant to preserve the UK’s leading place in the financial world post-Brexit, repealed retained EU laws, reformed certain insurance laws, supported victims of financial fraud and established new growth and competitiveness objectives. The bill also regulated stablecoins. The presence of stablecoin....
“If Congress does not enact legislation, the regulators will try to use what authority they have,” stated the U.S. Treasury official Nellie Liang. The United States Treasury made further hints at new laws for stablecoins on Dec. 17. Nellie Liang, the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, fueled more stablecoin regulation speculation with comments on investors ‘potentially big risk’ when using stablecoins. Following on from the Financial Stability Oversight Council November 2021 report on stablecoins, the top official for financial oversight at the U.S Treasury stated that....
The unresolved issues in the bill reportedly included provisions on custodial wallets from the Treasury Department, and concerns from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives have reportedly pushed back the timeline for considering a bill addressing the potential risks of stablecoins.According to a Monday report from the Wall Street Journal, people familiar with the matter said House members will likely delay voting on a stablecoin bill until September after being unable to complete a draft in time for a Wednesday committee meeting.....
A new bill presented in Brazil is trying to introduce bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as an approved means of payment in the country. The bill, presented by Federal Deputy Paulo Martins, proposes to amend already existing regulations to include several dispositions that would allow cryptocurrency payments and investments to be officially supported.
New Bill Proposes to Legalize Crypto for Payments in Brazil
Brazil is one of the countries in Latam that has been making advancements when it comes to cryptocurrency regulation in the last year. Now, a new bill has been proposed in....