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GENIUS or not?

The GENIUS Act could be very good for gold, as I explain. And the anti-CBDC bill making its way through Congress will kill off the entire CBDC movement, not just in the US.

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Alasdair Macleod
Jul 24, 2025
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The GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins) establishes a legal framework for regulating stablecoins. Currently valued at a $240bn total, stablecoins are used in crypto payments, remittances, and cross-border payment solutions. Other uses are expected to evolve.

Let us be clear: with regulation comes respectability. The financial community will embrace GENIUS as a marketing opportunity, but perhaps not in a way you might think.

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