Tag: Stablecoin

What’s in the House Financial Services Committee’s Stablecoin Bill?

Another section calls for a study on “the potential impact” of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), or digital dollar, on the Fed’s monetary policy tools, U.S. financial sector, banking sector and financial stability, as well as to payment services. The Treasury Department, alongside the various regulators, would have to report to the Financial Services Committee, as well as the Senate Banking Committee, the results of this study within 180 days. Source

Israel’s central bank says CBDC could be issued if stablecoin use increases

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The Bank of Israel says it’s preparing an action plan for the potential issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC),though a formal decision has yet to be made. On April 17, the Bank of Israel Steering Committee on the Potential Issuance of a Digital Shekel outlined possible scenarios for the development and deployment of a CBDC, a digital shekel called “SHAKED.” It provided several scenarios that could lead to the issuance of a digital shekel, among them was increased stablecoin activity. Increased adoption of stablecoins may “impair the payment…

Tether Stablecoin Sees 22% Growth in 2023 Despite Dollar-Pegged Token Economy’s Contraction – Altcoins Bitcoin News

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Since January 2023, the number of tether stablecoins in circulation has grown from 66 billion to the current 80.9 billion, representing growth of more than 22% this year. Tether’s growth is approaching the high of $83 billion in stablecoins in circulation that the project saw almost a year ago, in May 2022. Tether Supply Is Nearing Its All-Time High The stablecoin market has recently contracted and is currently hovering around $131.94 billion. The decrease in the stablecoin market can be attributed to several dollar-pegged coins that have reduced their token…

BoE Considers Limits on Stablecoin Payments as Parliament Debates New Crypto Rules

The new rules will look to regulate stablecoins like commercial bank money, “including the requirement that the coins should be redeemable from the stablecoin arrangement, in fiat money, at par value and on demand,” Cunliffe said. Stablecoins, however, will not receive protection against failure in the same way that commercial bank deposits do. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) provides deposit insurance of up to 85,000 pounds (US$105,059) for bank customers. Source

Tether market cap eyes record high after regaining 65% stablecoin dominance

Tether (USDT) has emerged as a clear winner amid the ongoing banking crisis and crypto crackdown in the U.S. On April 17, the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin’s circulating market valuation reached nearly $81 billion, just 1.5% below its record high of $82.29 billion from a year ago. It has grown about 20% year-to-date (YTD) already and is now eyeing new all-time highs. USDT market capitalization monthly chart. Source: TradingView Tether rivals hit new yearly lows USDT’s growth came as Tether ate up the market share of its stablecoin rivals, USD Coin…

Circle exec to join US Congressional committee hearing on stablecoin payments, legislation

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The United States House Committee on Financial Services a.k.a the Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on April 19 to discuss stablecoins’ position as a means of payment and whether or not the ecosystem needs supporting legislation. The Financial Services Committee issued a memorandum to announce an upcoming hearing titled “Understanding Stablecoins’ Role in Payments and the Need for Legislation.” The hearing will be based on the information collected over the last year demanded by the Federal government. List of individuals testifying at the upcoming Financial Services Committee hearing. Source: house.gov…

US House Committee Publishes Draft Stablecoin Bill

The bill, available on the Committee’s hearing page, represents the first major piece of crypto legislation to move in 2023. It creates definitions for payment stablecoin issuers, echoing a term former Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) used when he introduced his own stablecoin bill in 2022. The bill also calls for a moratorium on new stablecoins that are backed by other types of tokens until a study can be conducted. Source

Ondo Finance Plans Yield-Generating Stablecoin Alternative For Institutional Investors

Enter Flux Finance, a decentralized finance protocol backed by Ondo that functions as a permissionless touchpoint and, crucially, makes it accessible to retail investors. Allman says one way retail investors can access OMMF’s yield without owning the security outright is by lending non-yield stablecoins like USDT and USDC into Flux, a protocol he describes as “similar to Aave and Compound” but without the overcollateralization. Then, whitelisted institutional clients can borrow the stablecoins in the Flux pool and mint OMMF, pocketing a small spread and paying out some yield to the…

Stablecoin less preferable form of tokenized money, BIS paper finds

The singleness of money is the assurance that public and private money trade at the same rates. Even small differences between public and private money rates can have a ripple effect across transactions. A Bank of International Settlements (BIS) working paper compared models of private tokenized money in terms of their singleness as a complement to a central bank digital currency. Tokenization is “the process of representing claims in a digital form that allows them to be transacted on programmable platforms using smart contracts,” the paper said. Tokenized money can…