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The U.S. GENIUS Act requires licensed stablecoin issuers to back tokens 1:1 with cash and short Treasuries, publish monthly attestations, and pay no yield to holders.
Europe's MiCA and the US GENIUS Act approach stablecoins very differently. One targets e-money tokens, the other payment stablecoins, and both squeeze USDT hardest.
The GENIUS Act sets US rules for payment stablecoins: 100% reserves, no yield, and a new OCC license. Here is what it actually changes.
Staking promises, sustainable staking reality: how today's tape separates crypto-native yield from the kind that breaks when liquidity does.
The EU and US took very different paths on stablecoins. Here's how MiCA's reserve, capital, and interest rules stack up against the GENIUS Act.
The GENIUS Act doesn't legalize all stablecoins — it draws a tight federal box around who can issue them, with 100% reserves and monthly audits.
The GENIUS Act became U.S. law in July 2025, while MiCA's stablecoin rules took effect across the EU in 2024. Here is how their reserve, yield, and issuer rules actually differ.
TerraUST's $40 billion wipeout was a category failure, not a one-off. Every algorithmic stablecoin since has run the same death-spiral math, just with better branding.
Marco De Santis