Stablecoin Regulation Draft Sparks Significant Attention
Written by Ohris M. Greyoon, Blockchain & Crypto Expert
Source: Coinmarketcap
Updated: May 12 2026
- Regulatory Draft Significance: Bill Hughes highlights that the joint regulatory draft prepared by the US Treasury's FinCEN and OFAC under the GENIUS Act could be one of the most significant regulatory steps of the year, expected to profoundly impact the stablecoin market and set basic standards for future US enforcement and compliance policies.
- Market Distinction Strategy: The draft clearly distinguishes between primary and secondary markets, with Hughes noting that FinCEN's “reasonable” approach to secondary market transactions suggests that such transactions should not trigger customer verification (KYC) obligations, thereby alleviating operational burdens.
- Strict Compliance Requirements: In contrast to FinCEN's lenient stance, OFAC's requirements are much stricter, mandating that issuers of payment-oriented stablecoins must have the capacity to block, freeze, and reject “prohibited” transactions, affecting both primary and secondary market dealings.
- New Smart Contract Regulations: Hughes points out that this marks the first time in the crypto sector that regulatory requirements directly address the technical structure of smart contracts, although uncertainty remains regarding whether stablecoin issuers will need to proactively monitor on-chain transactions, potentially reigniting debates about censorship and centralized control.
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Altlayer (ALT) Support & Resistance Level
| Name | S3 | S2 | S1 | Pivot Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic | 0.000888 | 0.00365 | 0.00547 | 0.00823 | 0.01 | 0.0128 | 0.0146 |
| Fibonacci | 0.00365 | 0.0054 | 0.00648 | 0.00823 | 0.00998 | 0.0111 | 0.0128 |
About ALT
AltLayer is an open and decentralized protocol for rollups. AltLayer brings together a novel idea of Restaked Rollups which takes rollups (spun from any rollup stack such as OP Stack, Arbitrum Orbit, Polygon CDK, ZK Stack, etc.) and provides them with enhanced security, decentralization, interoperability and crypto-economic fast finality by leveraging restaking mechanism.ALT is AltLayer's native utility token and is used in the following functions:Economic bond: ALT token will be used alongside restaked assets to provide economic stake. This stake can be slashed if a malicious behavior is detected.Governance: ALT token holders can vote on governance decisions.Protocol Incentivization: Operators in the AltLayer ecosystem can earn ALT tokens as rewards for their services.Protocol Fees: Network participants will need to pay for intra-network services in ALT tokens.AltLayer’s core offering of restaked rollups consists of three key products: VITAL: An Actively Validated Service (AVS), where operators verify blocks and the corresponding states committed by the rollup sequencer and raise fraud proof challenges if necessary.MACH: A protocol to provide faster finality to rollups by allowing operators to restake Ethereum-based assets to back any claims on the rollup state.SQUAD: Offer decentralized sequencing with economic backing. Decentralized sequencing eliminates short-term liveness concerns, bad MEV, rent extractions and other issues associated with rollups that operate with a single sequencer.AltLayer has raised 22.8MM USD from two rounds of private token sales, where 18.50% of the ALT total token supply has been sold at 0.008 USD / ALT and 0.018 USD / ALT respectively.AltLayer’s investors include Polychain Capital, Binance Labs, Jump Crypto, Breyer Capital, DAO5, Balaji Srinivasan (former CTO of Coinbase and former GP of a16z), Gavin Wood (Co-Founder of Ethereum and Parity), Sean Neville (Circle Co-Founder and USDC architect) and Ryan Selkis (Founder of Messari), among others.As of January 17th 2024, the total supply of ALT is 10,000,000,000 and the circulating supply upon listing will be 1,100,000,000 (11.00% of the total token supply.)
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Ohris M. Greyoon
Ohris M. Greyoon holds a Master’s in Computer Science from MIT and has 10 years of experience in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency markets. A pioneer in decentralized finance (DeFi) analysis, he leads Intellectia’s Crypto News, offering cutting-edge insights into digital assets.
