Waters Warns: President Trump’s Stablecoin Could Threaten US Dollar Use

Waters, the senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, spoke about a stablecoin backed by President Trump’s family and warned that new rules could benefit the president’s business interests.

She referred to World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which launched a stablecoin in March called USD1. She argued that President Trump had used his time in office to support several crypto-related efforts, including a meme coin released earlier this year and ideas to build a national reserve of digital assets.

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Waters said the current stablecoin proposal could open the door for President Trump and his allies to shape financial rules in their favor.

She warned that if such efforts went unchecked, they could lead to the government using stablecoins for housing aid, retirement benefits, or tax payments.

Additionally, Waters said she could not support the bill unless there were clear steps to prevent the president from owning a business tied to a stablecoin. She urged other members of the committee not to support the bill unless that issue was addressed.

Representative Bryan Steil, who introduced the bill known as the STABLE Act, did not directly respond to Waters' points about President Trump but spoke in favor of stronger protections for users.

Meanwhile, on March 17, Elon Musk claimed that at least 14 US government systems had issued payments without proper oversight. How? Read the full story.