On Thursday, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion debated two bills on stablecoin regulation, one brought by committee chairman Patrick McHenry and the other by ranking member Maxine Waters. The ABA says that while it supports parts of both bills, they fall short in several areas.
Specifically, McHenry's does not include financial stability as a factor that regulators must consider when evaluating payment stablecoin issuer applications. In addition, both bills offer a lack of public disclosure for issuers or requirements for third-party audits of reserves.
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