As House Panel Kicks Tires on Stablecoin Bill, Old-School Finance Giants Reveal Shift
In a U.S. congressional hearing on the new House stablecoin bill, witnesses including BNY Mellon and a Wall Street super-lawyer further show a tradfi arrival.
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Stablecoin Bill Could Be Ready for the U.S. House Soon Says Top Democrat Maxine Waters: Bloomberg
U.S. House Representative Maxine Waters (D-California), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, told Bloomberg Wednesday “We are on our way to getting a stablecoin bill in the short run.”
Sen. Lummis: It’ll Pay to ‘Choose Circle Over Tether’ Under U.S. Stablecoin Proposal
Circle Internet Financial would have a distinct advantage over global stablecoin leader Tether under U.S. regulations along the lines being suggested by new legislation, according to one of the latest bill’s authors, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.).
Ex-Senator Who Once Shepherded Crypto Legislation Sees No Path in Current Congress
Former U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, who tried and failed to push his own crypto legislation through Congress before leaving at the start of the year, can’t see how the current Senate will have any better luck, despite recent progress in the House of Representatives.