The legislation that could establish U.S. regulations for stablecoins has formally been delayed until after the August congressional break, according to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee. Source
A potential bipartisan bill to regulate stablecoins has been bogged down in negotiations, according to three people familiar with the talks, but lawmakers developing the legislation are considering releasing some draft language that may spur wider input. Source
Stablecoin projects need to take a more collaborative approach to grow each other’s liquidity and the ecosystem as a whole, says Sam Kazemian, the founder of Frax Finance. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Kazemian explained that as long as stablecoin “liquidity is growing proportionally with each other” through shared liquidity pools and collateral schemes, there won’t ever be true competition between stablecoins. Kazemian’s FRAX stablecoin is a fractional-algorithmic stablecoin with parts of its supply backed by collateral and other parts backed algorithmically. Kazemian explained that growth in the stablecoin ecosystem is not…
During the last month, the stablecoin economy’s market valuation dropped from $155.23 billion to $153.34 billion on July 20, sliding roughly 1.21%. The top two stablecoins by valuation, tether and usd coin, have seen their market caps slide over the last 30 days, while BUSD and DAI have seen increases. Stablecoin Markets Lose Close to $2 Billion, Stablecoin Token Dominance Equates to 14.16% of the Entire Crypto Economy Statistics show that on June 23, 2022, the market capitalization of the entire stablecoin economy was roughly $155.23 billion. Since then, $1.89…
The offices of Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and the panel’s ranking Republican, Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), have preliminarily agreed that stablecoins should be directly reinforced with assets such as cash and U.S. Treasury bonds that won’t be vulnerable in a panic, said the person, who requested anonymity because the legislation hasn’t yet been released to the public. The firms issuing them would also have to maintain capital, liquidity and open themselves to agency supervision, the person said. Source
The market capitalization of Tether (USDT), a United States dollar-pegged stablecoin, is currently over $65 billion. USD Coin (USDC), another stablecoin backed by the U.S. dollar, clocks in near $55 billion. Some reports estimate that the total market cap of dollar-backed stablecoins is over $160 billion. Despite this success of dollar-based stablecoins, there has not been a euro stablecoin that is even remotely comparable in size. By the end of June, the U.S.-based company Circle announced that it will launch its own euro stablecoin, Euro Coin (EUROC), on the Ethereum…
The Russian government-backed tokenization platform Atomyze has issued its first digital asset backed by palladium in collaboration with the local bank Rosbank. Rosbank officially announced on July 18 that it became the first partner of the Russian blockchain firm Atomyze, acting as an investor in Russia’s first digital asset deal with palladium. According to the announcement, the newly issued digital asset is the first digital financial asset (DFA) issued through Atomyze. The platform obtained registration from the Bank of Russia in February 2022, becoming the country’s first legal digital asset manager.…
“Apparently, we’ll have options for both banks and non banks,” Himes told CoinDesk in an interview. He said Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and the ranking Republican on the committee, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), have been working together on a narrow, stablecoins-only bill, and it’s expected to establish “standards for reserves” for more than one kind of issuer. Source
The asset breakdown comes at a time when crypto firms and their finances are under increased scrutiny in the on-going crypto credit crisis. Source
The principle of “same risk, same regulation” for crypto received further confirmation with the release Wednesday of new guidance on stablecoin arrangements (SAs). The guidance, issued by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), applies the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMI) for payment, clearing and settlement systems to systemically important SAs that transfer stablecoins. The document is intended for use by SA designers and operators and extends the PFMI standards to SAs without establishing new standards.…