Presidential Advisory Group Weighs In on Regulatory Approach to Stablecoins

The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets expects to deliver regulatory recommendations for stablecoins in the coming months. United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told financial regulators that the government must act quickly to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins.The comments came at Monday's meeting of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets. The group discussed the rapid growth of stablecoins, revealing plans to issue regulatory recommendations in the coming months, according to Reuters.The group also deliberated on stablecoins as a means of....

Her Majesty’s Treasury in the U.K. issued a document that details a series of proposals addressing the crypto community. With the consultation, the Treasury is initiating a “regulatory approach to cryptoassets and stablecoins” for 2021 following the Brexit turmoil. Special Focus on Stablecoin Regulation According to the official announcement, the consultation mainly targets stablecoins to gather investments and wholesale uses. The HM Treasury expects to collect insights from the “industry and stakeholders” in the crypto sphere until March 21, 2021. In 2018,....

The European Central Bank (ECB) has appointed an advisory group for the digital euro project. Called the Digital Euro Market Advisory Group, it was founded with 30 members from business backgrounds. The council will have a say in the design, distribution, and value that this new digital currency can provide for the payments ecosystem. The currency could start its development phase in two years. ECB Integrates Digital Euro Advisory Group The European Central Bank has announced the appointment of the Digital Euro Market Advisory Group, an organization that will give council to the....

The stablecoin market is valued at over $130 billion and growing rapidly, putting federal regulators on high alert over systemic risk. A high-profile blockchain lobby group is urging United States lawmakers to adopt a “technology-neutral” approach when it comes to stablecoin regulation, arguing that dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies do not pose a system risk to the financial system.In a 17-page letter addressed to the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, which includes regulators from the Department of Treasury and Federal Reserve, the Chamber of Digital Commerce outlined a....

Tera Group, a bitcoin derivatives platform, recently announced that former New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) CEO Duncan Niederauer will be joining their firm as an Advisory Director. The firm has already gained approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which is a financial regulatory agency in the United States, for its trading platform but the bitcoin derivatives have yet to gain accreditation. Tera Group has also entered a reverse merger agreement with MGT Capital, allowing the company to go public. However, the final terms of the agreement are still being discussed,....