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This bill will BAN "illegal" stablecoins!
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Yesterday a disastrous new bill was introduced to congress:
The STABLE Act, which stands for Stablecoin Tethering and Bank Licensing Enforcement.
Under the guise of "protecting people" it will require stablecoin issuers to obtain a banking charter. Meaning, only banks will be able to issue stablecoins.
They said: “Digital currencies, whose value is permanently pegged to or stabilized against a conventional currency like the dollar, pose new regulatory challenges while also represent a growing source of the market, liquidity, and credit risk.”
Indeed it does seem highly suspicious that the act seems to further entrench the interests of juggernauts like JP Morgan Chase, a bank that already has its own stablecoin, to the detriment of those who are looking for alternatives to the banking system rather than forced participation in it.
By C. Edward Kelso and Naomi Brockwell