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US House Passes Housing Bill With CBDC Ban Through 2030

The U.S. House passed H.R. 6644 with a Title XI provision barring the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail CBDC or substantially similar digital asset through December 31, 2030. The step extends the legislative split between public digital-dollar issuance and privately issued stablecoins after the Senate vote flagged in the prior tracker update.

Medium impact🇺🇸 United StatesCBDCRegulationStablecoinCBDCUS HouseFederal ReserveUS Senate

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: CBDC. Named institutions or platforms: US House, Federal Reserve, US Senate. 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.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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CPC Decision Targets Crypto-Enabled Corruption And Cross-Border Asset Recovery

A CPC Central Committee decision published by Xinhua calls for resolute action against corruption involving the internet, virtual currencies, cross-border funds, and blockchain, alongside stronger cross-border casework and asset recovery. The policy signal increases expectations for transaction tracing, beneficial-owner checks, and cooperation with enforcement requests at digital-asset intermediaries.

High impact🇨🇳 ChinaRegulationAMLEnforcement
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