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The Monetary Authority of Singapore's draft stablecoin regime requires full reserve backing and prohibits issuers from paying yield or interest to holders, explicitly framed as consistent with the U.S. GENIUS Act and the EU's MiCA. That closes the yield-bearing distribution channel that has driven much of the recent stablecoin growth, pushing economics back toward issuer reserve income and toward regulated players such as Circle and Tether while limiting deposit-like competition from offshore tokens; the parallel provision for recognizing foreign stablecoins is the offset, since it lets already-compliant USD tokens circulate legally in a major Asian hub. Watch the final rules and the recognition list, because tighter treatment of yield-sharing arrangements would compress DeFi and exchange incentive programs in Asia, while broad foreign recognition supports on-chain dollar liquidity and ETH settlement volumes.
As a Policy signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around ETH, SOL, COIN.
Original Source: CoinDesk
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