Citi Presses For CLARITY Act Stablecoin Rewards Changes

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said she supports passage of the CLARITY Act while continuing to seek changes to stablecoin reward provisions. The debate highlights the regulatory boundary between prohibited yield-like stablecoin rewards and permissible transaction or payment incentives.

Medium impact🇺🇸 United StatesStablecoinRegulationUSDTUSDCCitiUS Congress

APAC FINSTAB analysis

Although this is outside core APAC, it is relevant because global market-structure, enforcement, and stablecoin precedents often shape licensing expectations for APAC exchanges, issuers, custodians, and DeFi teams. Protocols/assets in scope: USDT, USDC. Named institutions or platforms: Citi, US Congress. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

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