A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to keep state regulators meaningfully involved as the U.S. writes the rules for stablecoins under the GENIUS Act fight. The fight now is not whether stablecoins get regulated — they will — but whether states get a real lane or just a decorative […]
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pressing the Treasury Department to spell out how states can qualify for stablecoin oversight under the GENIUS Act. Cynthia Lummis leads bipartisan push for clearer Treasury guidance States say the rules are too vague to prove they’re “substantially similar” Certification process, timelines, and procedures are still missing Federal […]
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State Street is launching a stablecoin reserve fund built for the new U.S. rulebook, signaling that traditional finance is moving fast to own the plumbing behind digital dollars. New product: State Street Stablecoin Reserves Money Market Fund Structure: Registered Rule 2a-7 government money market fund Regulatory driver: Designed for GENIUS Act stablecoin reserve requirements Backers: […]
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Hyperliquid Policy Center and Paradigm are warning U.S. regulators not to turn the GENIUS Act’s stablecoin rules into a compliance hammer that smashes DeFi along with the bad actors. Core dispute: AML and sanctions rules for stablecoin issuers Big concern: Don’t hold issuers liable for transactions they can’t control Market risk: Overreach could push liquidity […]
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U.S. stablecoin regulation is moving from theory to enforcement, and issuers are about to find out what “federal oversight” actually means. June 9, 2026 is the public comment deadline for FinCEN and OFAC’s proposed stablecoin rules Permitted payment stablecoin issuers would be treated like financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act AML controls, sanctions screening, […]
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President Trump is once again putting his thumb on the scale for crypto, publicly backing a “future-proof” US digital asset market structure as the Senate prepares to battle over the CLARITY Act. Trump backs a crypto market structure bill CLARITY Act would split SEC and CFTC responsibilities GENIUS Act already set federal stablecoin rules Critics […]
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Crypto-linked PACs poured millions into Texas runoff elections, a blunt signal that the industry is no longer content to lobby from the sidelines. It wants seats at the table, friendly lawmakers, and a shot at shaping crypto regulation before Washington writes rules that stick. Millions spent in Texas runoff races Ken Paxton, John Cornyn, Christian […]
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Coinbase is publicly backing stablecoin regulation as the Senate’s CLARITY Act picks up steam, arguing that fully reserved payment stablecoins are far less dangerous than critics claim. In plain English: a properly designed digital dollar is not a rogue bank with a crypto costume on. Coinbase backs stablecoin regulation GENIUS Act framework: 1:1 reserves, no […]
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The CLARITY Act isn’t being slowed down by crypto skeptics so much as by banks trying to protect the old deposit machine from a stablecoin-shaped wrench. Bank lobby vs. stablecoin rewards GENIUS Act left a gap Yield-bearing stablecoins could reshape deposits Washington is fighting over who gets the spread The CLARITY Act cleared the Senate […]
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The CLARITY Act is edging closer to becoming more than just another crypto bill in Washington. If it gets across the finish line, it could do what the US has failed to do for years: give digital assets a clear legal framework instead of the usual patchwork of guesswork, turf wars, and enforcement-by-surprise. CLARITY Act […]
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