Tag: Stablecoin

U.S. Senators Lummis, Gillibrand Take on Stablecoin Legislation With New Bill

The bill created a $10 billion limit for non-depository trust institutions to be able to issue payment stablecoins. Once the issuer exceeds that amount, it must be “a depository institution that has been authorized as a national payment stablecoin issuer,” the bill’s text said. At present, the largest U.S.-based stablecoin issuer, Circle (with $33 billion in outstanding (USDC)), is not a depository trust institution. The next largest, Paxos, does have a limited purpose trust charter through the New York Department of Financial Services, though its market cap falls well below…

Crypto-Skeptic Sen. Sherrod Brown Is Open to Advancing Stablecoin Legislation, Bloomberg Reports

Congress has for years struggled to get any new laws passed for cryptocurrencies, providing greater clarity sought by both critics and proponents of digital assets. Stablecoin legislation may, nonetheless, be the lowest-hanging fruit given that stablecoins strongly resemble other regulated products like money-market funds, and there’s a strong incentive to create guardrails since they own important conventional assets like U.S. Treasuries. Source

UK to implement new crypto, stablecoin legislation by Q3

The British government plans to introduce new regulations for stablecoins and other crypto services, such as staking, exchange, and custody, by mid-year. Economic Secretary Bim Afolami announced this at the Innovate Finance Global Summit this week. He emphasized the rapid progress being made to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework and said the government is quickly advancing the legislation that will finalize the new regulatory proposals.  Once implemented, this legislation will bring various cryptocurrency operations, including exchanges and custodial services, under regulatory oversight for the first time. 🇬🇧🚨🇬🇧🚨🇬🇧 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬…

Arthur Hayes Introduces New ‘Risk Radar’ for Ethena’s USDE Stablecoin

Following criticism of Ethena’s USDE stablecoin, which brought back memories of the Terra blockchain’s Anchor protocol failure, Ethena backer Arthur Hayes introduced a risk tracker by intotheblock.com that monitors aspects like the token’s adherence to its U.S. dollar peg. Intotheblock.com’s Ethena Risk Radar Dashboard At the time of reporting, Ethena’s recently launched USDE stablecoin boasts […] Source CryptoX Portal

Stablecoin Market Expands by $4.46 Billion in 12 Days

In the last 12 days of April, the stablecoin sector expanded by $4.46 billion, reaching a current valuation of $155.86 billion. Additionally, the top five dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies experienced an increase in their supplies over the last 30 days. Top Dollar-Pegged Cryptos See Growth Amid April’s First 12 Days As of Friday, April 12, 2024, the […] Source CryptoX Portal

Ethena Labs’ USDe Stablecoin Divides Opinion as High Staking Yields Stir Memories of Terra’s Demise

Unlike asset-backed stablecoins like tether (USDT) and USDC, whose value is secured against dollars or dollar-equivalents such as U.S. government debt, USDe calls itself a synthetic stablecoin with its $1 value maintained through a financial technique known as the cash-and-carry trade. The trade, which involves buying an asset and simultaneously shorting a derivative of the asset to collect the funding rate, or the difference between the two prices, is well known in traditional finance and doesn’t carry directional, or delta, risk. Source

Top U.S. House Lawmakers Meet With Schumer on Stablecoin Bill Strategy: Punchbowl

On the crypto event circuit, McHenry has repeatedly contended that it’s still possible to get his panel’s stablecoin bill passed for President Joe Biden to sign it into law, including in remarks earlier this week. McHenry is retiring from Congress this year and has put a priority on the legislation to provide guardrails to issuers of the tokens that, among other uses, provide a steadier foundation for the trading of more volatile cryptocurrencies. Source