Historical retrospective · Policy

U.S. agencies called for a stablecoin regulatory framework

A 2021 President’s Working Group report discussed stablecoin arrangements and recommended congressional action on issuer oversight and systemic risks.

Event / milestone year: 2021First published

The report treated stablecoins as payment and financial-stability infrastructure rather than only crypto trading instruments.

It helped shape the policy debate that followed as stablecoin use expanded.

A policy recommendation is not itself a statute; distinguish agency analysis from enacted law.

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U.S. Treasury stablecoin report ↗