Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved only for bank-issued tokens

The stablecoin debate in Washington is increasingly becoming a fight over a single question: who gets to keep deposit insurance on-chain? FDIC Chair Travis Hill signaled that payment stablecoins under...

The stablecoin debate in Washington is increasingly becoming a fight over a single question: who gets to keep deposit insurance on-chain? FDIC Chair Travis Hill signaled that payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act should not qualify for pass-through insurance, while tokenized deposits that meet the legal definition of a deposit would retain the same insurance […] The post Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved only for bank-issued tokens appeared first on CryptoSlate.