ECB stablecoin warning pressures Coinbase and Circle shares as COIN slips to $157 and CRCL to $60
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Regulatory rhetoric intensified as an ECB board member warned stablecoins could drain bank deposits and urged a faster digital euro rollout, while US banking groups pushed to amend the CLARITY Act to bar yield-bearing stablecoins. The headlines increase policy uncertainty for stablecoin issuers and crypto intermediaries, pressuring related equities; Circle fell to a six-month low and Coinbase extended losses. Near-term risk is tighter constraints on stablecoin business models.
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ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on July 17 that stablecoins could erode bank deposits and urged faster rollout of a digital euro. On the same day, U.S. banking groups asked the Senate to revise Section 404 of the CLARITY Act to bar stablecoin issuers from offering yields. Coinbase (COIN) fell to $157 and Circle (CRCL) slid to $60, with CRCL also hitting a six-month low. Analysts said the CLARITY Act’s trajectory and fresh regulatory warnings are weighing on the stocks.
