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GENIUS Act
The GENIUS Act (U.S. stablecoin law). Every Le Coin piece tagged GENIUS Act, newest first, Learning Hub dives included.
Analysis
Prediction markets favor a Democratic House, putting crypto's Washington gains in play
How the 2026 midterms and the 2028 election could shape U.S. digital-asset rules: the stalled Clarity Act, crypto PAC money, candidate records and scenarios, with Kalshi odds as a reference point.
Protocols & Policy
J.P. Morgan's asset manager puts two cash funds on Solana
J.P. Morgan Asset Management says its tokenized money market funds MONY and JLTXX, the second built for stablecoin issuers' reserves, are now available on Solana to qualified U.S. investors.
Markets
SoFi puts a bank deposit on-chain and says it is no stablecoin
SoFi's product terms describe SOFIE as a deposit liability of SoFi Bank and keep it apart from SOFID, the bank's payment stablecoin, a line the new federal stablecoin rule also draws.
Protocols & Policy
Bank regulator sets stablecoin rules that take effect January 18
The OCC's final GENIUS Act rule tells banks and would-be issuers how to run a dollar stablecoin, drops a proposed test on yield payments through partners, and leaves money-laundering rules and the application window for later.
Protocols & Policy
Banks and crypto firms split on stablecoin copies in Treasury comments
Bank groups want Treasury's GENIUS Act rule to stop wrapped stablecoins from slipping past it; crypto and payments firms want bridging judged by what holders actually own.
Markets
Stripe expands stablecoin-backed cards to five currencies, Plasma signs on
Stripe says its stablecoin card infrastructure will support USD, BRL, EUR, MXN and COP, and that Plasma is moving to that infrastructure to co-develop multi-currency cards. No fees, issuer, card network or launch date were given.
Protocols & Policy
Le Coin analysis: A credit card routing bill could give banks a reason to pick a stablecoin lane, or a lane nobody uses
The Credit Card Competition Act would let merchants choose the network for a credit card payment. Le Coin's analysis: a covered bank will switch on the second network that still pays it. An independent stablecoin rail could pay it either way: interchange on Visa or Mastercard, distribution payments while coins stay outstanding on its platform. Debit routing shows the other path.
Evening brief · Thu. Oct. 22, 4:26 p.m. ET
Evening brief: Ireland fines Coinbase's EU arm, Robinhood says Dubai approved it
The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase Ireland Limited €3,252,618 over customer-money safeguards, Robinhood said it received Dubai authorization for a 2027 launch, and a Circle shareholder sued Trump and World Liberty.
Evening brief · Wed. Oct. 21, 4:31 p.m. ET
Evening brief: OCC finalizes its GENIUS Act stablecoin rule, Standard Chartered agrees to buy Zodia Custody, bitcoin ends 2.36% above Tuesday
The OCC finishes its GENIUS Act rule for stablecoin issuers, effective Jan. 18, 2027.
Morning brief · Mon. Oct. 12, 8:54 a.m. ET
Morning brief: bitcoin, ether and solana rise into Columbus Day, and the CFTC proposes treating event contracts as swaps
CFTC proposes event contracts as swaps.
Learning Hub · Stablecoins
Tether's USDT: what backs the dollar token and who can redeem it
Tether says each USDT is redeemable for one dollar, and BDO checked its reserves as of June 30, 2026, but only verified customers can redeem.
Learning Hub · Stablecoins
USDC
USDC is a dollar token issued by Circle Internet Financial, LLC, and runs on many blockchains.
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