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Kirsten Gillibrand: “In the Genius act, if you're offering stablecoins, you were…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand weighs in on Senate Agriculture Committee's crypto market structure bill

Published | Video Starts at 08:21

And now there's a federal framework in place for stablecoins in the US So what do you think about banks trying to change what they call a loophole in the Genius Act? So we were pretty clear In the Genius act, if you're offering stablecoins, you were not allowed to offer interest. And we had very strong language to that effect that we were fine with rewards and points and other programs, but that you couldn't be offering interest like products on stablecoins. (08:21–08:31)

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