Paradigm’s Recommendations on NCUA Stablecoin Issuer Rules

Summary

This comment letter responds to the NCUA’s proposed rules implementing the GENIUS Act for stablecoin issuers. It supports parts of the framework while arguing that some requirements could burden early-stage issuers, create legal uncertainty, or fail to account for credit union share accounts. The recommendations include limiting the yield prohibition to issuers rather than extending it to related third parties, allowing issuers to operate multiple stablecoin brands, and using monthly reporting tied to defined categories.

The letter supports treating tokenized credit union shares as deposits excluded from the payment-stablecoin definition. It also argues for technology-neutral treatment of reserve assets: eligibility should depend on the asset’s risk rather than the ledger on which it is held, and tokenized reserves should not face a quantitative cap. The document presents the submitter’s policy positions and textual interpretation of the Act, rather than empirical analysis of stablecoin risks or evidence comparing alternative reserve rules.

Key ideas

• The letter recommends keeping the yield prohibition from reaching indirect arrangements or related third parties.
• It supports allowing issuers to maintain multiple stablecoin brands and monthly reporting based on defined categories.
• It argues tokenized credit union share accounts should remain within the deposit exclusion.
• It recommends evaluating reserve assets by their underlying risk rather than their ledger format.
• The positions are policy recommendations, not empirical findings.

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