FDIC
US
Consultation
URGENT
FDIC (US) is inviting comment on new regulatory reporting forms and instructions for FDIC-supervised permitted payment stablecoin issuers.
Market Engagement
Urgent
StablecoinsPayments SettlementStandards
The FDIC is finalizing the technical data schemas, reporting cadence (weekly and quarterly), and attestation formats that stablecoin issuers must use—formats that, once standardized, are difficult to change. The comment window is open now on the Paperwork Reduction Act notice. The Ethereum and stablecoin community can supply working examples of on-chain reserve reporting, educate regulators on machine-verifiable attestation practices already deployed, and influence the choice of data structures and submission formats to ensure interoperability and technical feasibility.
20 July 2026
TREAS
US
Consultation
U.S. and UK Treasury departments publish joint Transatlantic Taskforce recommendations to promote growth in capital markets and digital assets, including guidance on cross-border stablecoin activity and tokenized financial activity.
Market Engagement
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TokenizationDigital AssetsStablecoins
The recommendations explicitly identify 'tokenized financial activity' as a priority for US-UK bilateral cooperation and signal official appetite for 'market-based standards' and 'continued industry engagement' as these markets evolve. The joint stablecoin statement signals a policy shift toward enabling 'dynamic cross-border stablecoin activity' and acknowledges private-sector leadership in payments innovation. The window is now open for standards bodies and technical consortia to shape how regulatory clarity translates into interoperable frameworks — definitions of 'tokenized financial activity,' cross-border settlement rules, stablecoin reserve reporting, and custody/custody-equivalence standards are not yet locked in.
14 July 2026
OCC
US
Consultation
OCC, in coordination with FinCEN and OFAC, proposes regulations implementing Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions compliance standards for permitted payment stablecoin issuers under OCC jurisdiction.
Market Engagement
Near-term
StablecoinsPayments SettlementStandards
This regulatory framework will establish AML/CFT/sanctions compliance requirements and technical reporting standards for stablecoin issuers — decisions that lock in data schemas, attestation protocols, and KYC/sanctions screening workflows. The Ethereum community can supply working evidence of on-chain compliance mechanisms, existing privacy-preserving identity attestation practices, and technical standards that balance regulatory transparency with user privacy. Early input shapes whether standards are blockchain-native or impose incompatible legacy requirements.
24 June 2026
OCC
US
Consultation
URGENT
OCC (US) is proposing new weekly and quarterly reporting forms for permitted payment stablecoin issuers and inviting public comment under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Market Engagement
Urgent
StablecoinsPayments SettlementStandards
The OCC is fixing reporting schemas, data formats, and attestation cadence for stablecoin issuers under its jurisdiction—decisions that will shape compliance infrastructure and interoperability assumptions for years. The comment window is the inflection point to influence what data fields are required, how reserve composition is verified, and whether formats align with on-chain practices already in use. The Ethereum community can supply working examples of how reserves are currently attested on-chain, educate the agency on machine-verifiable data models, and advocate for formats that do not lock in assumptions incompatible with decentralized infrastructure.
12 June 2026
BOE
UK
Consultation
Bank of England published policy statement and draft Code of Practice for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins, opening a formal consultation on implementation rules for recognised issuers.
Market Engagement
Near-term
Deadline: 2026-12-31
StablecoinsDigital AssetsPayments Settlement
The BoE is finalising technical and operational standards for systemic stablecoin issuers — reserve composition reporting, attestation cadence, settlement finality, interoperability with tokenised bank deposits and CBDC, and data schemas for custody and redemption. These rules, locked in by end-2026, will shape how stablecoin infrastructure operates at scale in a major jurisdiction and influence global regulatory precedent. The community can supply working examples of on-chain reserve attestation, settlement interoperability patterns, and technical specifications for programmable payments already deployed on Ethereum and compatible chains.
FED
US
Consultation
Federal Reserve Board (US) is requesting public comment on a proposal to require certain payment stablecoin issuers to maintain customer identification programs comparable to banking requirements.
Market Engagement
Near-term
Deadline: 2026-08-17
StablecoinsPayments SettlementStandards
This proposal will establish the first US regulatory framework for KYC/AML compliance specifically for payment stablecoin issuers — locking in reporting formats, data schemas, and verification protocols that will govern the emerging stablecoin ecosystem. The 60-day comment window (closing August 17, 2026) is the critical juncture to shape how issuers must collect, store, and attest to customer identity on-chain or off-chain. The Ethereum and web3 community can supply working evidence of existing on-chain identity attestation practices, propose verifiable credential standards for stablecoin issuer compliance, and educate the Fed on what customer data is already machine-readable or blockchain-verifiable — influencing whether the final rule mandates specific technical standards or remains agnostic to implementation.
DGFISMA
EU
Consultation
European Commission is soliciting stakeholder feedback on the functioning and effectiveness of the EU's MiCA crypto-assets regulatory framework.
Market Engagement
Near-term
Deadline: 2026-08-20
Digital AssetsStandardsPayments Settlement
The consultation will inform potential refinements to MiCA — the regulatory framework that shapes token issuance, custody, trading, and interoperability across the EU. The feedback window is now open and locks in which aspects of the framework are seen as working well vs. needing adjustment. The community can supply working evidence on how on-chain settlement, token standards (ERC-20, ERC-721), and smart contract interoperability are functioning in practice under MiCA, and identify technical barriers or unintended consequences that should be addressed in future regulatory iterations.
DGFISMA
EU
Consultation
European Commission (EU) is seeking stakeholder feedback on the functioning of the MiCA crypto-assets regulatory framework, with a one-month comment window open.
Market Engagement
Near-term
Deadline: 2026-08-20
Digital AssetsStandardsPayments Settlement
The Commission is evaluating how MiCA's technical definitions, reporting requirements, asset classification thresholds, and interoperability provisions are working in practice. This feedback window locks in what revisions or clarifications the EU will prioritize in future amendments. The Ethereum and web3 community can supply working evidence on how smart contracts, tokenization, and DLT systems are operating under current rules, identify regulatory friction points, and propose technical improvements to settlement and data schemas that regulators may have underestimated.
BOE
UK
Consultation
Bank of England (UK) launched a public consultation on the design of future retail payments infrastructure, soliciting feedback on core clearing and messaging layers to support programmable payments and interoperability between forms of digital money.
Market Engagement
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Payments SettlementSmart ContractsTokenization
The consultation is shaping the architectural and technical standards for the UK's next-generation payments system. The text explicitly signals openness to 'programmability,' 'interoperability' between 'different forms of digital money' (including new forms of money and CBDC), and account-to-account use cases. These choices—infrastructure standards, messaging protocols, data schemas, interoperability requirements—are typically locked in during design phases and are difficult to change post-deployment. The community can submit evidence on how blockchain-based settlement, programmable transactions, and cross-ledger interoperability work in practice, and help educate the RPIB on technical feasibility and existing standards that could inform the final infrastructure design.
BIS
Global
Publication
BIS (Global) published its Annual Economic Report 2026 assessing next-generation monetary systems anchored in tokenization, programmable platforms, and integrated ledger architectures for central bank and commercial bank money.
Exploration
Watch
TokenizationStablecoinsCbdcPayments Settlement
The BIS report explicitly endorses tokenization and unified ledgers as core infrastructure for future financial systems, citing Project Agorá (a public-private partnership with eight central banks and 40+ institutions) as a prototype. The report also identifies current stablecoin architecture as deficient and outlines criteria for sound tokenized-money systems: singleness, redeemability at par, interoperability across ledgers, and integration into the two-tier banking model. This locks in BIS thinking on what regulatory and technical properties matter most — a frame that will influence central bank policy globally. The Ethereum and web3 community can shape this by demonstrating working interoperability protocols, on-chain reserve attestation, and cross-ledger settlement examples that meet BIS's criteria.
