2025-5-23 09:40 |
JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and other major banks are reportedly exploring a shared stablecoin to keep pace with rising competition. Some of the biggest U.S. banks are exploring a plan to jointly issue a stablecoin as lawmakers move closer… origin »
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The first official US stablecoin law, known as the GENIUS Act, is already facing pushback from major banking groups that argue some provisions could destabilise the traditional financial sector. Passed in July 2024, the legislation was intended to bring clarity to the multibillion-dollar stablecoin industry while securing the country’s leadership in digital assets. However, banks […]
2025-8-26 17:15 | |
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The country’s largest commercial banks are in early talks to create a jointly issued stablecoin, an effort aimed at defending their dominance in the payments ecosystem as cryptocurrency adoption and regulatory support grow under the Trump administration, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
2025-5-23 08:53 | |
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Stablecoin issuers now have a strong tailwind from US regulators. Banks finally have some guidance on how to treat coins like Tether, Gemini Dollar, USD Coin and others that are pegged to fiat money.
2020-9-22 03:07 | |
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U. S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a stablecoin guidance on Monday for U. S national banks and federal savings associations to hThe post U.
2020-9-22 01:35 | |
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New York banks can now list and custody Binance Stablecoin, Binance USD, (BUSD) after the recent approval by the New York Financial Department of Financial Services, NYDFS. The NYDFS updated its greenlight list to include Binance USD meaning that banks can go ahead and use the asset without requiring any further approval from the regulatory […]
2020-8-9 13:48 | |
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NYDFS has added Binance USD to its approved list, cutting away most of the red tape around custody and listing of the stablecoin.
2020-8-8 12:45 | |
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The Wyoming Division of Banking regulators has accelerated the banking application charter for crypto influencer Caitlin Long’s Avanti project. The decision to fast-track Avanti Bank came in the wake of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s recent decision to allow banks to provide cryptocurrency custodial services.
2020-7-24 00:06 | |
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Today's stablecoin market mirrors the “wildcat banking” era of the mid-1800s, when banks printed their own dollars. Like then, federal intervention is likely.
2020-6-17 21:42 | |
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This week, Central banks got recommendations to heavily regulate, if not ban, stablecoins. The recommendations were outlined by the Financial Stability Board (FSB). This organization makes recommendations about financial systems to central banks and finance ministers of G20 member countries.
2020-4-19 21:51 | |
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In brief: Stablecoin market capitalization has reached a whopping $8 Billion. This value stored in stablecoins has zapped away some market capitalization from Bitcoin (BTC). With central banks minting fiat, stablecoins are backed by currencies prone to inflation.
2020-4-18 10:27 | |
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The man behind the new Aussie dollar stablecoin, said the big four banks were not “allowed” to hold the fiat reserves for the cryptocurrency
2020-3-22 03:00 | |
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One of the oldest banks in Europe, von der Heydt, is developing a euro stablecoin to facilitate private placements in securities tokenized on the Stellar blockchain.
2020-2-11 17:30 | |
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Discussions around the launch of Facebook's proposed stablecoin, Libra, have been going around for quite a while now. However, Libra's introduction has also precipitated a race where nations across thThe post Facebook's Libra will hit central banks hard: Andreas Antonopoulos appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-2-3 15:00 | |
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Banks and other "trusted entities" could become licensed issuers of the stablecoin, the patents suggest.
2020-2-3 08:00 | |
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A former Executive of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has said that Facebook’s Libra prompted Central Banks to invest more resources in Digital Currency research sooner than expected. According to a report by Reuters on Jan 22, Hiromi Yamaoka, a former head of settlements and payments at the BOJ, noted that regulators might have done […]
2020-1-23 21:22 | |
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The past two years have opened the eyes of the world to crypto currencies. Showing particular interest has been central banks with a number of them developing their own stablecoins and more will be arriving this year.
2020-1-4 16:30 | |
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President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Jens Weidmann recently called on banks to come up with cheaper and faster methods for money transfers to counter Facebook's stablecoin, Libra. However, that wasn'tThe post Libra's pros, cons must be rightly weighed: Deutsche Bundesbank President appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-1-3 16:16 | |
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For the better part of two months, Facebook has been in the fight to save Libra, its stablecoin project, from being shelved by regulators both at home and abroad. Concerns over a wide array of things (including money laundering and customer protection) have put the future of the asset in jeopardy, with the latest of […] The post German Banks Remain Skeptical of Libra, Won’t Ban It appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2019-11-12 03:36 | |
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Facebook wasn’t prepared for the backlash associated with Libra. But should central banks have a role in helping the stablecoin launch — and if so, what? #Sponsored
2019-10-22 15:13 | |
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The US Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said yesterday that Facebook must overcome a “core of legal and regulatory challenges” before facilitating payments with its ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra.
2019-10-17 13:44 | |
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Recently, Gabor Gurbacs, Director at the investment management firm VanEck, posted a tweet in support of the popular, but controversial stablecoin pegged to the U. S. Dollar, Tether. This tweet comes just one day after Tether became the subject of a class action lawsuit, one alleging that the stablecoin caused $1.
2019-10-9 00:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency adoption has seen a significant boost in 2019, where major financial institutions like Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, and ING have either tested their stablecoin or are pondering over launching one.
2019-10-6 00:16 | |
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At this month’s Federal Advisory Council meeting, the United States’ biggest banks (including CEOs Rene Jones of M&T Bank Corp. , Beth Mooney of KeyCorp, and Brian Moynihan of Bank of America Corp) were asked by the Federal Reserve about their thoughts on Libra, the stablecoin proposed by social media giant Facebook.
2019-10-2 18:45 | |
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Wells Fargo plans to offer near real-time payments with Digital Cash, but believes even crypto assets should not exist outside the control of banks.
2019-9-30 11:54 | |
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As Central Banks across the world start looking into cryptocurrencies and DLT to see how feasible a fiat-backed digital currency would be, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has now entered the conversation as well, publishing a blog post exploring the advantages of a privately issued stablecoin, one which is backed by central bank reserves.
2019-9-28 18:30 | |
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JPMorgan made waves in the crypto-market a few months ago after it announced ‘JPM coin. ’ Before the release of its own stablecoin, JPM had introduced Interbank Information Network [IIN] on its blockchain service to create an ecosystem of banks and users, while also promoting emerging technologies like blockchain itself to ease cross-border payments.
2019-9-20 11:33 | |
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Global financial regulators and central banks are calling in officials from Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency to explain the potential financial risks the stablecoin poses in the global fintech industry.
2019-9-16 16:07 | |
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The stablecoin ecosystem is rapidly evolving — with banks, big tech, and crypto startups all clamoring to offer blockchain-based versions of fiat currencies.
2019-8-25 22:00 | |
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A recent run-up in the bitcoin price has been credited to a string of events: the US-China trade war, determined monetary easing by central banks, price manipulation via Tether’s stablecoin USDT, Facebook’s plans to launch its cryptocurrency, as well as a weakening Renminbi.
2019-8-20 17:00 | |
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On August 1, it was discovered that the giant retail corporation Walmart has patented plans for a stablecoin that’s backed by U.S. dollars. If released into the wild, the USD-based cryptocurrency would be issued to select Walmart retailers and partners while the patent’s description explains the coin could be used outside of Walmart’s retail scope […] The post Banks Stopped Walmart Bank – Now the Retail Giant Hits Back With Crypto appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-8-3 23:00 | |
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The intense scrutiny from regulatory agencies, governments, and central banks globally regarding Facebook’s Libra, could just be the end of the company’s stablecoin project. According to a report by CNBC, Facebook revealed in a recent filing with the U.
2019-7-31 13:29 | |
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The group ran its first transaction between three rural banks in an effort to improve its remittance offerings.
2019-7-30 22:00 | |
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The group ran its first transaction between three rural banks in an effort to improve its remittance offerings.
2019-7-31 22:00 | |
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The UnionBank-issued stablecoin, PHX, is pegged to the Philippine peso and will help to facilitate transparent and automatic execution of payments to some of the country's more rural banks.
2019-7-30 19:19 | |
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One of the largest financial institutions of the country, the Union Bank of the Philippines, has announced the launch of its own crypto today to connect rural banks via its blockchain platform. A blockchain platform and a fiat-pegged stablecoin The stablecoin dubbed PHX – which is pegged to the Philippine Peso (PHP) – is already […] The post Top-10 Philippine Bank Launches Its Own Fiat-Pegged Stablecoin Cryptocurrency appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-7-27 14:56 | |
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Union Bank in the Philippines, funded by Aboitiz Equity Ventures, has launched a stablecoin with the ticker PHX. In doing so, Union Bank has become the first bank in the country to conduct transactions via a blockchain.
2019-7-26 13:00 | |
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2019-5-24 19:00 | |
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XRP collateralized token called USDX Major banks working on “utility settlement coin,” can launch in 2020 XRP has entered the realm of stablecoins as instead of fiat, this new project uses a crypto asset to peg the stablecoin.
2019-5-17 18:48 | |
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By CCN: According to Reuters sources, about 12 banks are investing in a blockchain ledger complete with digital cash. While it’s unclear which banks are currently participating in the $50 million project, a spokesman for Barclays told the news organization that “the Research & Development phase is coming to an end.
2019-5-17 05:58 | |
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The CEO of Reserve thinks central banks will tokenize, but lack of privacy in spending will draw businesses and wealthy persons to alternative stablecoin services
2019-5-16 23:26 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Bitfinex and Tether’s legal counsel has written a response to the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) ex parte order, which claims that Bitifinex used Tether’s reserves to cover some $850 million in losses.
2019-5-1 01:22 | |
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The New York State Attorney General (NYSAG) is reportedly building a case to sue cryptocurrency exchange, Bitfinex, and stablecoin, Tether. As court documents dated April 24 state, neither Bitfinex nor Tether are licensed to operate in the state of New York, and yet the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) believes New York-based investors did use the exchange to trade Tether.
2019-4-26 12:29 | |
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For a long time, the banking community has been making intrigues against crypto. Invented horror stories about money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The futility of this chatter obviously forces bankers to look for their place in crypto.
2019-4-11 23:21 | |
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Coinspeaker One of World’s Largest Banks, MUFG Getting Ready to Release Its Stablecoin This YearThe newly-appointed president of MUFG has announced that the bank is going to put its own cryptocurrency known as MUFG Coin to practice this year.
2019-4-10 22:35 | |
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The Bitcoin bull and bear market cycles are a pattern that produces significant developments — when the market is cold, people tend to focus on building the next wave of groundbreaking technology.
2019-3-29 16:26 | |
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Activist group Blockchain Advocacy Coalition (BAC) has sponsored a bill in California’s 19th State Assembly District, set to allow legal cannabis businesses in the district to pay their state taxes using cryptocurrency.
2019-3-1 20:16 | |
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On February 14, JPMorgan, the $340 billion banking giant, launched a stablecoin called JPM Coin. Industry experts foresee the stablecoin thrashing Ripple and its cryptocurrency XRP in the long run.
2019-2-15 11:37 | |
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A Bitcoin remittance startup located in Hong Kong has announced that it has launched the world’s first stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong dollar. Founded in 2014, Bitspark was created to enable the process of sending money across borders without the use of banks.
2019-1-30 17:43 | |
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A cluster of major US inflation and jobs reports due this week could spike volatility in stocks and crypto, with Fed policy expectations in focus as liquidity drops. A series of U.S. economic data releases scheduled for this week could…
Kraken's parent company made a first step toward an IPO, hoping to follow the path of Circle, Gemini, Bullish, and Figure Technologies
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United States authorities have indicted Chicago-based crypto ATM operator Virtual Assets LLC and its founder, Firas Isa, with money laundering charges involving fraud and narcotics proceeds. Isa and his firm operated Crypto Dispensers, a company whose core business involved offering…
The U. S. Senate Banking Committee will vote in December 2025 on comprehensive cryptocurrency market structure legislation, according to committee Chair Tim Scott on a recent television interview on Fox News.
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Treasury yields, Federal Reserve policy, have put pressure on risk assets, including Bitcoin, during the government shutdown. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over, but the crypto markets are still in the red. Just hours after lawmakers finalized…