S. 5340 · 117th Congress · Senate

Stablecoin TRUST Act of 2022

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced
Dec 21, 22
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Stablecoin Transparency of Reserves and Uniform Safe Transactions Act of 2022 or the Stablecoin TRUST Act of 2022

This bill establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins (digital assets which an issuer must directly convert to fiat currency). Specifically, the bill only allows the following entities to issue stablecoins

  • a money transmitting business, a non-depository trust company, or any other person that is authorized by a state banking supervisor to issue payment stablecoins;
  • a national limited payment stablecoin issuer;
  • a depository institution; or
  • a national trust bank.