Meanwhile, the move by Congress to pass the stablecoin legislation without attaching another piece of payments legislation, the Credit Card Competition Act, deals a blow to the chances for passage of the CCCA in the current Congress, observers say. “The avenues for CCCA are dwindling and it continues to face an uphill battle,” Talbott says.

As Trump prepares to sign the law, Consumer Reports' senior director monitoring digital marketplaces, Delicia Hand, told Ars that the group plans to work with other consumer advocates and the implementing regulator to try to close any gaps in the stablecoin legislation that would leave Americans vulnerable.

The GENIUS Act prompted Ripple and Circle to apply for U.S. bank charters as Congress cleared new stablecoin regulations.

Congress defines the Genius Act, also known as the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, as providing "regulation of payment stablecoins" making it "unlawful for any person other than a permitted payment stablecoin issuer to issue a payment stablecoin in the United States."

Backers of the Genius Act, a potentially landmark bill that could help "stablecoins" go mainstream, say it would greatly speed electronic payments.

The crypto industry has scored a historic win this week after the stablecoin bill was cleared by the U.S. House and set for President Donald Trump’s final approval into law. House lawmakers voted 308-122 to adopt the GENIUS Act.

MARA CEO Fred Thiel discusses the impact of the GENIUS Act on the company, the 'rapidly maturing' crypto industry and U.S. energy policy during and interview on 'Mornings with Maria.'