Key Takeaways
- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has weighed in on stablecoin regulation.
- Speaking at the Opportunities and Challenges of the Tokenisation of Finance conference, Powell called for new regulation that ensures dollar-pegged stablecoins are redeemable one-to-one for real dollars.
- Powell’s comments echo those of U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the wake of the TerraUSD meltdown in May.
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Jerome Powell, Christine Lagarde, Ravi Menon, and Agustín Carstens shared their thoughts on several topics, including DeFi regulation, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies.
Fed Chair Talks Stablecoins
The Federal Reserve has weighed in on stablecoin regulation.
Speaking at the Opportunities and Challenges of the Tokenisation of Finance conference in Paris Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell joined European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Managing Director at the Monetary Authority of Singapore Ravi Menon, and Bank of International Settlements General Manager Agustín Carstens to discuss the role of central banks in the rapidly growing crypto economy.
During the hour-long segment, the group discussed several topics, including DeFi, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies. However, the prevailing line of the discussion centered around crypto regulation. When asked if private sector stablecoins such as Circle’s USDC or Tether’s USDT should be regulated similarly to current bank deposits and money…
