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Singapore proposes strict rules for stablecoin issuers
No clear lean
Tighter rules add safety but reduce some investor perks
What happened
Singapore's financial regulator has floated new rules requiring stablecoin issuers to hold 100% of the value backing their coins in safe, easily accessible reserves. The proposal would also ban issuers from paying users interest or yield for holding these stablecoins.
Why it matters
If adopted, this could make stablecoins issued from Singapore safer and less likely to break their peg, but it also means fewer 'earn yield on your stablecoin' offers from those issuers going forward.
Should I do anything?
This is a proposal, not a law yet, so nothing changes for you right now. If you hold stablecoins for yield, it's worth keeping an eye on which issuers are based in Singapore.
Terms used
- stablecoin
- A crypto token designed to hold a steady value, usually pegged to a currency like the US dollar
- reserves
- The actual money or assets held by an issuer to back the value of their stablecoin
- yield
- Extra money earned over time, like interest, from holding or lending an asset
- peg
- The fixed value a stablecoin is designed to match, usually $1