Don’t subject stablecoins to new rules, crypto lobby tells US regulators By Reuters – Investing.com

Don’t subject stablecoins to new rules, crypto lobby tells US regulators By Reuters – Investing.com

By Tom Wilson

LONDON (Reuters) - Asset-backed stablecoins do not pose a systemic risk to the U.S. financial system and should not face a new set of rules, a major cryptocurrency lobby group told U.S. regulators on Monday, as tighter oversight of the fast-growing technology looms.

Stablecoins - digital tokens usually backed by reserves of dollars or assets from gold to other cryptocurrencies - have ballooned during the COVID-19 pandemic.