OCC Lets Crypto Firms Keep Paying Stablecoin Rewards

The OCC’s new GENIUS Act rules let exchanges like Coinbase and Robinhood keep paying interest-like stablecoin rewards, despite warnings from banks about deposit flight. TLDR Federal regulators have confirmed that crypto exchanges can keep paying interest-like rewards on stablecoin balances. Under the OCC’s new GENIUS Act rules, stablecoin issuers like Circle still cannot pay interest […]