FDIC Advances Rulemaking For GENIUS Act: New Framework For Stablecoin Issuers

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has moved to translate the country’s first crypto bill for stablecoins, the GENIUS Act, into concrete regulatory guidance for banks and their fintech subsidiaries that wish to use or issue stablecoins.  In a notice of proposed rulemaking approved by the FDIC Board, the agency lays out “a prudential framework”…