🇺🇸🪙🏛️📊 Fidelity and Trump-Backed Firms Accelerate Stablecoin Push
🔹 Summary:
Fidelity is set to launch a stablecoin and expand into tokenised Treasuries as the Trump administration promotes crypto-friendly regulation.
The shift marks a strategic move in response to evolving oversight, with rival financial firms and pro-Trump entities joining the stablecoin race.
🔹 Key Points:
• Fidelity’s stablecoin, managed via its digital assets arm, is in advanced testing and designed for use as cash in crypto markets.
• The firm also plans to debut a digital money market fund in May, intensifying competition with BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.
• Trump’s administration supports “lawful” dollar-backed stablecoins and aims to sign enabling legislation by August.
• Over $234bn worth of stablecoins circulate globally, mostly offshore; critics warn of financial instability and fraud risks.
• Trump-aligned World Liberty Financial also plans a stablecoin backed by short-term Treasuries, deepening the GOP’s crypto push.
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