Cryptocurrency, Gone Simple
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Shopify, Coinbase and Stripe announce USDC checkout for merchants across 34 countries.
register:r01-2025-06 · check this entryThe stablecoin statute is enacted 1. It is not in force on the date of this entry.
register:r02-2025-07 · check this entryRulemaking under the statute begins in public.
register:r03-2026-04-07 · check this entryThe proposal published in the Federal Register on 2026-04-10, and the sixty-day comment window ran to 2026-06-09.
register:r04-2026-06-09 · check this entryThe guidelines ask crypto-asset service providers to review their staff's knowledge and competence at least once a year, and to keep it current through continuing professional development or training 7. They mandate no external certification and set no training cadence. The date is derived rather than printed: the guidelines are dated 2026-01-28 and apply six months after publication on ESMA's website.
register:r05-2026-07-28 · check this entryregister:r06-2026-08-18 · check this entryA flat 1.5% fee; settlement to USDC on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon; merchants paid in USD or in stablecoin; payments accepted from customers in more than 70 countries.
register:r07-2026-08-24 · check this entryThe Act takes effect on the earlier of 120 days after the primary regulators issue final rules, or 2027-01-18.
register:r08-2026-08-24 · check this entryA cloture vote on the motion to proceed is calendared 3. Cloture requires 60 votes 2. This entry records a scheduled event and no outcome; the outcome becomes its own entry after the date.
register:r09-2026-09-15 · check this entry