FSB Has Brought Up Recommendations In Order To Regulate ‘Global Stablecoins’ Such As Libra
The “Financial Stability Board” has put a warning that the international stable coins have the tendency to create systematic dangers to the monetary network of the global-states. The financial watchdog of G20, the FSB, or the “Financial Stability Board”, has come up with a set of administrative suggestions that would be opposing the trans-national targets of “global stablecoins,” such as the Libra project of Facebook.

Global Stablecoins
Stable coins are actually a digital currency that is developed to mimic the worth of fiat currencies such as the Euro or the United States dollars. What it does is allowing users to cheaply transmit value across the globe along with maintaining price stability.
Shedding Light on the News
The report of the “Financial Stability Board” comes up with administrative recommendations to the G20 member states and the more extensive international community that shows clear intentions to get rid of stable coin projects from making the use of chances of “regulatory arbitrage” and turning into embedded within the financial formation of national economies.
What does the Report Say?
The report puts the warning stating that the so-called GSC (Global stablecoins) could manage to become structurally important across authorities wearing away the capability for governments for dedicating monetary and investment strategy within their limits.
Other Prominent Points of the Report
The report also highlights the dangers that are related to the technology underpinning stable coins, putting a warning that the technology and framework used to record transactions, and accessing, exchanging, and transferring coins could bring up operational and cyber-security risks.
Special Hurdles Linked with the Data
Special Challenges that are connected with the collection and storage of data that is relating to global stable coins transactions were also recognized. The “Financial Stability Board” (FSB), makes a point that the challenges stable tokens can create to the economic governance of states are limited at present by their relatively small adoption. It makes the lawmakers wish to build up an overall administrative framework before global Stable Coins gain particular traction.
Suggestions from the “Financial Stability Board”
The “Financial Stability Board” also suggests establishing a collaboration between national supervisory authorities in order to identify possible gaps in their frameworks and lower the chances for cross-sectoral and cross-border managerial arbitrage.
Some More Important Highlights
Nonetheless, in spite of putting a warning that a shortage of international cooperation will give complete access to administrative arbitrage, a study of 51 authorities found disparate oversight regimes across several countries, inclusive of more than a dozen various lawful classifications for stablecoins.
The EndNote
The “Financial Stability Board” (FSB) added that it would review its suggestions quite often to be in pace with the growing global stable coin sector. In spite of playing up the dangers that are linked with stable coins, the report also notes specific advantages offered by stablecoins. It also includes efficiency savings in the provision of economical payments and services, along with bigger financial inclusion globally.
‘Crypto Valley’ Residents Can Now Pay Taxes In Bitcoin
A canton named Zug in Switzerland is setting a precedent for crypto-enthusiast to follow and believe that cryptocurrency would soon become a mainstream currency in the future. It is the canton that is often termed as “Crypto Valley” because of its positive and encouraging stance towards the use of cryptocurrency. The canton would be soon be allowing its people to pay their taxes in either Ether (ETH) or Bitcoin (BTC).
As per the report published in Bloomberg, the settlement of taxes in cryptocurrencies would be allowed to both individuals as well as the companies to the extent of around 100,000 Swiss Francs. Around 127,000 residents of the canton had earlier taken measures to accept payments in cryptocurrency for few government services. The decision to accept tax settlement in Ether and Bitcoin materialized through the joint venture between the crypto broker Bitcoin Suisse AG and the Zug canton. The crypto broker Bitcoin Suisse AG is based out of Zug itself.

Earlier, Bitcoin Suisse also partnered with the authorities in the Swiss region at Zermatt to allow its resident to pay taxes in cryptocurrencies. The founder of Bitcoin Suisse, Niklas Nikoalajsen, said in a press statement that the use of cryptocurrencies is completely safe and mainstream now and there’s nothing controversial or unsafe about Bitcoin trading anymore. Nikolas also said that the fact that the Bitcoin’s pricing surged during the Covid-19 pandemic is a clear symbol of the longevity and resilience of cryptocurrency in the near future.
The use of cryptocurrencies as a means to pay on different platforms has been growing manifolds in the last few years. There are ongoing research and study going on in different sectors regarding the integration of acceptance of cryptocurrencies. Some of the top banks globally have been working on finding a digital and technological solution to how cryptocurrencies can interact and collaborate with each other on multi-platforms.
Even though the overall scenario pertaining to Bitcoin has been encouraging in recent times, the local cryptocurrencies have been struggling to stay afloat. The central government of Switzerland recently denied the request made by the Zug administration to pay 100 million Swiss Francs to bail out local crypto-related businesses. However, the canton has a strong belief in cryptocurrencies and how it will help craft the future economic landscape. Zug is paving the way for other regions to follow suit in terms of adoption, implementation, and assimilation of cryptocurrency use as a mainstream currency.