SEC‘s Hester sees ’movement on U.S. stablecoin regulations

div classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodivpLONDON Reuters – A top official at Wall Street watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC signalled on Thursday that stricter rules around crypto “stablecoins” could be drawing closer.p

pCryptocurrency markets have about 1 trillion overall in value this week amid the collapse of a stablecoin called TerraUSD and a destabilising plunge in Tether, currently the worlds largest stablecoin by market cap.pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

pReferring to tighter regulations, “one place we might see some movement is around stablecoins,” SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said during an online panel debate hosted by the Londonbased OMFIF policy think tank.p

p“Thats an area that has obviously this week gotten a lot of attention.”p

pU.S. Treasury Secretary and former head of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen told a Senate banking committee session this week that the turmoil in crypto markets illustrated the need for an “appropriate” regulatory framework.p

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pp Reporting by Marc Jones Editing by Hugh Lawsonp

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