The Bank of England is re-examining holding limits and reserve requirements it planned to apply to pound-denominated stablecoins. It is weighing whether to keep temporary caps on how much individuals and companies can hold and whether requiring at least 40 percent of reserve assets to sit as non-interest-bearing deposits at the central bank is too conservative. The review follows industry concerns that the rules would be hard to supervise and would hurt profitability.

As stablecoins emerge as a core element of digital currency sovereignty, debate in South Korea is intensifying over a basic digital asset law to cover issuance, distribution, disclosures, stablecoins and business rules. Talks have slowed as the government bill is delayed and political schedules complicate timing. Key disputes include whether banks should dominate issuance, how strict reserve asset requirements should be, and whether oversight should sit with the Financial Services Commission or the Bank of Korea. Exchange governance rules may also be included.