Global Stablecoin Oversight
NYDFS and EBA Sign Agreement to Enhance Transatlantic Stablecoin Regulation
The New York State Department of Financial Services has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Banking Authority to tighten transatlantic cooperation on stablecoin regulation by enabling the exchange of supervisory and confidential information. The agreement is intended to help regulators share risk assessments and market intelligence about entities involved in stablecoin issuance, strengthening oversight, consumer protection, and market integrity. It also lays out coordination procedures for crisis situations, including rapid flagging of serious operational or financial difficulties and mechanisms to prevent regulators from being blindsided by cross-border problems. DFS said its stablecoin framework—built on its long-running supervisory approach since 2018—includes reserve requirements, standards for redeemability, transparency rules, and a prohibition on rehypothecation. The MoU is designed to align with the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, and officials described it as a step toward a more coordinated global supervisory regime as stablecoins become part of cross-border financial infrastructure.
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NYDFS acting superintendent Kaitlin Asrow said the MOU reflects a “deep commitment to cross-border supervision and collaboration,” adding that international cooperation is “essential for the digital asset space.”
EBA Executive Director François-Louis Michaud called the agreement a “milestone” and said it supports “building a strong, effective, and globally coordinated supervisory framework for crypto-assets.”
The memorandum specifies emergency coordination for situations like “serious operational or financial difficulties” of supervised entities, including commitments to flag issues quickly and to share information (including, on request, about civil or criminal investigations) so regulators are not “blindsided” by cross-border problems.
Decrypt reported the MoU is a 22-page document covering a stablecoin sector described as $314 billion, and said the initiative’s scope is limited to actions companies under NYDFS supervision may take.
The reporting connects the MoU’s purpose to real-world depeg risk: Decrypt noted USDC briefly traded as low as 87 cents in 2023 after Circle disclosed exposure to the Silicon Valley Bank implosion.
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