Senate Banking Committee to Vote May 14 on Stablecoin Bill
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The Senate's shift to crypto regulation amidst a booming traditional market suggests a proactive move to integrate digital assets into the financial system before they become a systemic risk.
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- Senate Banking Committee is set to vote May 14 on a major crypto rules-of-the-road bill governing stablecoins, a step the source calls "a loss for the banking industry."
- Banks argue the bill's language limiting when stablecoins can earn interest remains too similar to savings account yields and could threaten traditional bank deposits, since reward interest has historically been a key incentive for stablecoin holders.
- Scott told Fox Business he wanted "13 of 13 Republicans on board" for the committee vote, but it remains unclear whether any Democrats will back the bill given unresolved differences over provisions limiting how politicians can profit from digital assets.
- Crypto companies including Coinbase are now on board after Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released a compromise proposal on how crypto firms could offer stablecoin rewards without competing with bank deposit yields.
- Commercial and community bank groups say the Tillis-Alsobrooks compromise "falls short" of protecting deposits; Tillis acknowledged on X that banks "might not be happy" but said they "respectfully agree to disagree."
- The committee had been set to advance the bill in January, but the vote was canceled at the 11th hour after both banking and crypto industries raised concerns about the legislation.
Why it matters: Banks are losing this round of the stablecoin fight — the May 14 committee vote is described in the source as 'a loss for the banking industry,' and the compromise brokered by Tillis and Alsobrooks is the specific provision that flipped Coinbase and other crypto firms from skeptics to supporters. With bank groups publicly calling the language 'falls short' and Democratic votes still uncertain over politician-profit provisions, the bill's path to the Senate floor is narrow and the timeline tight.
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