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US Regulators Put Spotlight on Stablecoins
Stablecoins are in the spotlight as U.S. lawmakers call for tougher crypto regulation. Teana Baker-Taylor, chief policy officer at the Chamber of Digital Commerce, shares her key recommendations to the President's Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) on its regulatory treatment for stablecoins. Plus, the latest status of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill in Congress.

Crypto 2022 Policy Week: Reckoning With Regulation
Steven Kelly, research associate at Yale University's Program on Financial Stability, discusses what to expect from the Federal Reserve’s report on CBDCs, stablecoins and crypto, and what crypto regulation could look like in the U.S.

Rep. Tom Emmer Wants Stablecoins Over CBDCs – Interview
The Minnesota congressman is fighting what he sees as the “over-regulation” of the crypto industry and he’s no fan of a central bank-issued digital dollar.

Stablecoins Like Tether Could Pose New Risks to Securities Markets, Fitch Warns
“Stablecoin-related turbulence could both affect the CP [commercial paper] market itself and transmit shocks to other market participants,” the ratings agency wrote.

USDC Added to Hedera Hashgraph as Enterprise-Minded Network Eyes DeFi
It becomes the stablecoin’s sixth network as a key part of a $2.5 billion HBAR initiative.

CFTC Fines Tether and Bitfinex $42.5M for ‘Untrue or Misleading’ Claims
The U.S. regulator issued an order “simultaneously filing and settling charges against Tether,” the issuer of the crypto industry’s largest stablecoin.

Putin: Crypto Can’t Yet Replace Dollar in Settling Oil Trades
Reacting to Russian president Vladimir Putin saying he doesn’t think crypto can replace the U.S. dollar in settling oil trades yet, though he believes it has value. Merkle Science’s Mary Beth Buchanan discusses the implications for Russia potentially warming up to crypto.

Coinbase and Binance Move to Diversify, Stablecoins Under Scrutiny
Coinbase announces NFT platform. Binance launches US$1 billion growth fund. Stablecoins are under greater scrutiny. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

Why G20's Financial Stability Board Says $133B Stablecoin Sector Remains Niche
A survey from the Financial Stability Board, a G20 entity that provides recommendations for the global financial system, found stablecoins are currently not being used at a significant scale for mainstream payments. CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De discusses what the data reveals about stablecoins at large amid a global call for stricter crypto regulation.
