US-chaired G20 endorses “clear pathways” for digital asset innovation
The statement also flags pending Financial Stability Board work on stablecoin arrangements and data gaps.

USDC is a Circle-issued dollar stablecoin whose $1 peg is enforced by redemption, and it can still depeg when banking rails or reserve access are stressed.

USDT tends to win on liquidity, USDC on reserve verification cadence, and DAI on DeFi-native issuance and governance.

DAI is a soft-pegged, crypto-collateralized stablecoin created by borrowing against onchain collateral in Sky Protocol Vaults.
The statement also flags pending Financial Stability Board work on stablecoin arrangements and data gaps.
The open letter urges governments to deploy “defensive AI” to hospitals and water utilities but leaves access and rollout details undefined.
The brokerage cited OSC data showing ownership rose to 25% this year from 10% in 2023 as Canada debates a stablecoin framework.
A BIS-linked study also finds stablecoin issuer rules still diverge sharply across five major jurisdictions.
A new policy report argues interim licensing guidance should precede the stalled Digital Asset Basic Act.
The draft is expected to set stablecoin and exchange standards, while the 2027 crypto tax fight lacks a review calendar.
WEMIX says unauthorized minting was converted into 724,198.27 USDC.e and moved cross-chain before swaps into ETH and USDT.
The work targets payments, remittances, and merchant settlement as Korea’s issuer-eligibility rules remain unresolved.
Banking regulators have proposals out for comment as the broader Clarity Act remains unpublished amid an ethics fight.
The framework envisioned by the law remained unfinished as of July 18, 2026, keeping U.S. compliance expectations unresolved.
Tinubu’s July 17 order splits oversight, putting stablecoins and custody under the central bank and securities-like products under the SEC.
The one-way feature targets EU/EEA users facing USDT restrictions after MiCA’s July 1 rollout completion.
He argues the draft expands BSA coverage, mandates real-time sharing with law enforcement, and adds hold and freeze authority.
The central bank also flagged expanded deposit-token pilots for 2H 2026 as issuer eligibility stalls the Digital Asset Basic Act.
The rollout splits access: perpetual futures for institutional and advanced traders, and equities for retail users under UK rules.
National regulators are expected to begin action from July 1, with multimillion-euro penalties and uneven early enforcement likely.
HM Treasury backed a “multi-money ecosystem” framing, while the FCA set a September-to-Feb. 2027 authorization runway ahead of an Oct. 2027 go-live.
ESMA is pushing unlicensed providers to wind down, while exchanges roll out incentives to capture migrating users.
The consultation lands as Binance plans EU service restrictions and DefiLlama shows multi-day net outflows after its Greece withdrawal.
The cohort covers roughly $25B in combined assets as NCUA advances a licensing regime for stablecoin issuers via CU subsidiaries.