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7/1/2022

READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting with the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, …

READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting
with the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, the
OCC, FDIC and CFPB on Stablecoins
June 30, 2022

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen convened principals
representing the Presidentʼs Working Group on Financial Markets, in addition to the O ice of
the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau, today to discuss stablecoin risks and how legislation could
contribute to the existing regulatory framework.
The participants discussed developments since the Presidentʼs Working Group, the O ice of
the Comptroller of the Currency, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation released the
Report on Stablecoins. The Secretary commended the steps that individual agencies have
taken within the scope of their mandates and authorities. Secretary Yellen emphasized how
recent events have underscored the urgent need to ensure that stablecoin arrangements are
subject to a federal framework on a consistent and comprehensive basis.
Secretary Yellen highlighted the need to continue to constructively engage in serious
legislative e orts to promptly put in place a regulatory framework for stablecoins that would
address current and future risks, such as those related to runs, safety and soundness,
consumer protection, the payment system and the concentration of economic power, while
complementing existing authorities with respect to market integrity, investor protection, and
illicit finance.

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