La FED veut un rôle plus important dans la réglementation des pièces stables

• Jerome Powell pense que la FED doit jouer un rôle énorme dans la réglementation des stablecoins, car elle les considère comme une forme de monnaie.
• Le projet de loi, parrainé par les républicains, accorde aux États d'énormes pouvoirs pour réglementer les stablecoins.

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Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, spoke in favor of strict central-bank supervision of stablecoin in the policies being developed by members of the House Financial Services Committee. Powell shared his thoughts while speaking at the House Financial Services Committee’s semi-annual audience sur la politique de la Fed le 21 juin.

The proposed stablecoin bill originated from Republicans and would serve as the official piece of crypto regulation in the United States if approved next month. Rep. Maxine Waters, the committee’s top Democrat, in her questioning of Powell, warned that the Fed would be “severely hamstrung” by the new proposal and that there has to be a clear federal floor for regulation of nonbank stablecoin issuers.

Le projet de loi parrainé par les républicains vise à garantir que les États jouent un rôle important dans la supervision des pièces stables. C'est un sujet de discorde depuis le début des négociations l'année dernière.

Waters warned that the bill would create “58 different licenses with federal regulatory approval over only two of the licenses.” The Democrat added that states, territories, and other jurisdictions will issue the remaining licenses.

Responding to Waters, Powell claimed that the FED sees “payment stablecoins as a form of money and argued that “in all advanced economies, the ultimate source of credibility in money is the central bank.” Powell called for the FED to play a huge role in regulating stablecoins. He added that “it would be appropriate to have quite a robust federal role.”

The 70-year-old Powell further claimed that “allowing a lot of private money creation at the state level would be a mistake.” Interestingly, Powell’s comment on the draft bill saw him take a stance opposed to that of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler. The controversial SECONDE Le président estime que toutes les formes de stablecoins devraient être enregistrées et réglementées.

Powell, like most officials, believed the crypto market had suffered an irreparable loss last year following the decline of top organizations like FTX and Terra. However, the FED chair admitted today that the market “appears to have some staying power.”

Powell a également précisé que la banque centrale est loin d'établir une CBDC, contrairement à des rapports récents. Il a également affirmé que la banque centrale n'envisageait pas de gérer les comptes de détail si la FED devait lancer un dollar numérique.

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