Regulatory Implications of the Genius Act on Yield-Bearing Stablecoins

Ep. 94 dives into the newly signed GENIUS Act and what it means for stablecoin issuers. I’m joined by Nestor Dubnevych (Legal Nodes) to unpack its impact on licensing, compliance, and cross-border operations. 

We also cover global regulatory trends and what teams need to know when building crypto payment products.

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Topics covered

(0:00) Coming Up

(2:14) GENIUS Act Explained

(4:51) Winners & losers of GENIUS Act

(7:00) Compliance costs

(11:37) Future of stablecoins and banks

(14:03) On-ramping & off-ramping opportunities

(16:33) Get 2 months for free with Request Finance

(18:12) Yield-bearing stablecoins

(21:42) Global stablecoin regulations

(24:36) Compliance for crypto payments gateways

(27:42) Geographical use case trends

(30:10) RWA compliance

(35:05) Legal Nodes services

(37:41) How Legal Nodes evolved since 2018

(39:21) Clarity Act

(40:57)  Regulatory interoperability

(43:48) Reach out to Nestor or Legal Nodes