Tether Is Building Yield Infrastructure Around the GENIUS Act’s Interest Ban – and It Is Not Alone
Regulators banning stablecoin interest rarely account for the secondary markets that inevitably sprout in the cracks of their legislation. Section 4(a)(11) of the GENIUS Act is explicit: no issuer shall pay yield solely for holding a payment stablecoin. It is a clean regulatory line, effective January 18, 2027. But the prohibition does not eliminate demand […]
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- Tether Is Building Yield Infrastructure Around the GENIUS Act’s Interest Ban – and It Is Not Alone
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