US Treasury Starts GENIUS Act Rollout With Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking
The US Treasury on Wednesday published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that launches the administration’s first formal effort to implement the GENIUS Act, the new federal law governing payment stablecoins that was signed by President Donald Trump last year. The NPRM is the Treasury’s initial regulatory proposal to give effect to the statute’s requirements […]
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