Tag: U.S.
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MSBA hits 10 years — and reloads its board as states, crypto and remittance taxes crowd the 2026 agenda
MSBA’s 2025 work reads like a statehouse grind — model laws, testimony, and tax fights — while FedMSB’s 2025 work reads like a national modernization campaign focused on access, standards, and stablecoin-era infrastructure. Both…
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Wyoming’s “FRNT” Stable Token: Four Letters, Three Worlds, One Big Headache
Wyoming didn’t just use “FRNT” informally. State trademark records list multiple filings tied to the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, including “FRNT”, “Frontier Stable Token,” and even “iFRNT.”
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Stablecoins Are Changing the Money Trail — and a New Brief Says TBML Is Getting Harder to Spot
A U.S.-based financial education group says trade-based money laundering is moving into a “stablecoin settlement layer,” and it’s pushing a new way to catch the inconsistencies across trade, shipping, banks — and the blockchain.
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Wyoming’s FRNT: One-Exchange Trading, Rising Costs, and an $8.1 Million Budget Request
In a Jan. 7, 2026 Factbook, the Commission lists BFY27: $8.1M via budget. That means the next big sustainability test isn’t theoretical — it’s already on the calendar: whether Wyoming keeps funding operations through…
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Senators Unveil Long-Awaited Crypto Rulebook — and Stablecoins Get a New Clampdown
Draft bill draws a line between “security” and “commodity” tokens, boosts the CFTC’s role in spot crypto, and cracks down on passive stablecoin “interest” while keeping some rewards alive.
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From Issuer Logo to Token Icon: Wyoming’s FRNT Visual Narrative Falls Flat
FRNT may be structurally conservative, but its visual system is not. The commission logo fails to project governmental authority, and the token icon overcorrects toward retail recognizability at the expense of institutional gravitas.
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Stablecoin “Watchdogs” Move In as Wyoming’s FRNT Gets the Side-Eye
Wyoming’s stable token statute and the Commission’s own administrative rules appear deliberately built to avoid that exact role. The system is structured as a non–stress-bearing issuer model — designed so the issuer itself is…
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Wyoming’s “State Stablecoin” Hits Kraken — but The Tape Is Whisper-quiet As Watchdog Warns of A Trust Gap
No response after two outreach emails. U.S. MSB Daily News sent a formal request for comment to Wyoming officials at 3:50 a.m. ET on Jan. 8, 2026, seeking an official response on four specific…
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Wyoming’s “State Stable Token” Is a Public-Trust Hijack — A Money Loop Wearing 588,000 People’s Reputation
Wyoming officials say the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) is now open for public purchase on Kraken, calling it “first-of-its-kind.” Kraken’s listing post is dated Jan. 7, 2026 — but it includes a bizarre line…
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New 1% Federal Remittance Tax Takes Effect January 1, 2026, Increasing Costs for Cash-Funded Transfers
A new federal excise tax will hit remittances funded with cash, money orders, and cashier’s checks — while pushing more customers to apps and bank-funded rails.