Report said that New York has given the first authorization to a stablecoin backed by the Japanese yen to operate in the United States.
It has been reported that the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has granted GMO-Z.com, the Japanese firm, to handle US-dollar and yen-backed stablecoins in New York.
However, the NYDFS is the most prominent state financial regulator in the United States. A pass to operate in New York often opens up the rest of the country.
GMO’s charter is as a limited liability trust company rather than a full bank, the principal difference being in the authorization to handle deposits.
New York's financial regulator greenlights the first regulated Yen-backed stablecoin in the U.S. https://t.co/Yk8kqpZTx0 — Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) December 29, 2020
While a stablecoin operator typically needs the ability to hold reserves of the pegged asset, GMO’s charter limits its rights to hold other kinds of deposits not central to its ability “to issue, administer, and redeem” its stablecoins.
As per the report, the right to issue such non-depository charters has been a bone of contention between state regulators like the NYDFS and national banking regulators in the United States.
Ken Nakamura, the president and CEO of GMO, said:
“We’re breaking ground with our move to issue the first regulated JPY-pegged stablecoin, which many see as a safe haven asset.”
Likewise, the NYDFS recently made changes to its famous BitLicense, including a conditional format that buddies up newly licensed firms with existing licensees.
Thus, the first conditional BitLicense went to PayPal, facilitating the launch of its new crypto services earlier this fall with the help of longstanding licensee Paxos.
Source: Cointelegraph