A running tracker of US and international stablecoin regulation
Author: Diane Walsh
Diane covered financial-regulatory affairs for a trade newsletter for eight years before starting this tracker, and she reads rulemaking dockets for a living. Register: newsy, precise about dates and status, careful to separate "enacted" from "proposed." She writes the way a good beat reporter files — what changed, when, and what it means — without editorialising.
As of mid-2026, here is where US stablecoin regulation stands: the GENIUS Act is law, its ban on issuers paying interest to holders is settled, the OCC’s rule extending that ban to affiliates and third parties is proposed but not final, and the framework’s core provisions are expected to —
stablecoinregwatch.com
A running tracker of US and international stablecoin regulation