Morning Edition · Monday, July 20, 2026Published at 1:27 AM EDT · New York
The Stablecoin Law Turns One With Its Rules Still Unwritten
A year after the GENIUS Act became law, US regulators have missed deadlines to draft rules, and Tether's USDT faces a two-year window to meet them or lose US platform access.
The GENIUS Act, the United States law that created a federal framework for dollar-pegged stablecoins, reached its first anniversary with much of its rulebook still unfinished. Regulators have not met their statutory deadlines to write the d…
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