The Register · United States

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digital asset licences recorded in United States.

Rules and deadlines only. We do not yet hold licence records for the US, so NYDFS limited-purpose trust companies that issue dollar stablecoins, Paxos and Gemini among them, are not counted anywhere in this register. Fifty-state money transmitter licensing sits outside it entirely.

0 licensed for stablecoin or payment token activity · 3 regulators · framework partial · checked 17 Aug 2026

Stablecoins

How United States treats stablecoins.

Federal payment stablecoin regime under the GENIUS Act, alongside the long-standing NYDFS regime and state money transmitter licensing.

What each regime asks for

Requirements.

US GENIUS Act

OCC and others

No applications processed
capital not published

The Act sets no fixed floor. Capital is to be set by regulator rule; the OCC proposal is not final.

Reserve rule100% one-to-one, in cash, Federal Reserve balances, insured deposits, or Treasuries of 93 days or less
Foreign firmsForeign issuer access rules not finalised
Rulebook ↗

What's due

Dates in United States.

21 Aug 2026

GENIUS Act BSA customer identification programme, joint proposed rule, comments close

Joint proposed rule published 22 June 2026 would treat permitted payment stablecoin issuers as financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act and require a customer identification programme. Comments close 21 August 2026.

18 Jan 2027

GENIUS Act takes effect, prohibition on non-permitted stablecoin issuance

The Act prohibits anyone other than a permitted payment stablecoin issuer from issuing a payment stablecoin in the United States, effective on the earlier of 18 January 2027 or 120 days after all primary federal regulators issue final rules.

Licences

Who holds what in United States.

Every row links to the regulator's own entry.

No licences recorded here yet.