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DRW calls for regulation of fiat-backed stablecoins
Regulatory intervention would shore up confidence in flagging market, says major market-maker
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The head of one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading firms is calling for fiat-backed stablecoins to be regulated by US banking supervisors.
“Stablecoins should be regulated by banking regulators as a means of payment and remittance,” Chris Zuehlke, global head of Cumberland, the crypto arm of Chicago-based proprietary trading firm DRW, tells Risk.net.
“There are a small number of steps from a regulatory perspective that they could take that are not only smart and precise, but also
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