Regulated entities are authorized to engage in stablecoin activities
To provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes, section 16, Sec. 16.
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Regulated entities are authorized to engage in stablecoin activities
The document says “shall”Who acts: primary Federal payment stablecoin regulatorsHow: statuteSec. 16 in the PDF
What the document says
“Entities regulated by the primary Federal payment stablecoin regulators are authorized to engage in the payment stablecoin activities and investments contemplated by this Act, including acting as a principal or agent with respect to any payment stablecoin and payment of fees to facilitate customer transactions.”
Subsection (b). The regulators must review all existing guidance and regulations and, if necessary, amend or promulgate new regulations and guidance, to clarify that regulated entities are authorized to engage in those activities and investments.
What the document actually says
“Entities regulated by the primary Federal payment stablecoin regulators are authorized to engage in the payment stablecoin activities and investments contemplated by this Act, including acting as a principal or agent with respect to any payment stablecoin and payment of fees to facilitate customer transactions.”
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The watchdogs must go back over their old guidance. Where it is unclear, they must fix it. They may write new rules to say so.
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Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, Public Law 119-27, sec. 16, 139 Stat. 461 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ27/html/PLAW-119publ27.htm
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“Regulated entities are authorized to engage in stablecoin activities,” Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, section 16, Sec. 16. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/guiding-establishing-national-innovation-u-s/proposal/sec16-regulatory-review/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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