Circle is sending a clear signal to the European Union:
If we want to truly promote the implementation of on-chain financial infrastructure, we cannot only regulate asset issuance, but also reform the settlement system simultaneously.
According to the latest disclosed information, Circle has submitted feedback to the European Commission, calling for the acceleration of regulatory reforms for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and the expansion of the use of stablecoins in securities settlement. Its core recommendations include:
• Expanding the asset scope of DLT pilot systems
• Increasing transaction size limits
• Allowing stablecoins compliant with MiCA to be used for cash settlement
• Allowing crypto service providers, not just banks and central securities depositories, to offer settlement accounts
The logic behind this is actually very clear.
If on-chain securities, on-chain bonds, on-chain funds, and other assets are to truly form a market, it is not enough to rely solely on "asset on-chain"; settlement funds must also be on-chain. Otherwise, assets are on-chain, but cash remains in the traditional settlement track, ultimately creating an efficiency divide.
Circle's appeal is essentially pushing for a more complete upgrade of the financial market structure:
Not just to make stablecoins payment tools, but to further enable them to become compliant financial settlement tools.
If the EU really accepts such recommendations in the future, the impact will be far-reaching:
• The role of stablecoins will upgrade from "on-chain dollar alternatives" to "securities settlement infrastructure"
• Institutional adoption thresholds may further decrease
• Certain settlement stages monopolized by banks and infrastructure institutions in traditional finance may be redefined
• Europe has the opportunity to take the lead globally in the integration of on-chain securities and stablecoin settlement
This also indicates an increasingly clear trend:
In the future, competition among stablecoins will not only be about issuance scale and payment scenarios but also about the ability to enter mainstream financial settlement layers.
Do you think stablecoins will first become payment tools or first become securities settlement tools?
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