Global Digital Finance (GDF) has launched its Global Stablecoin Regulatory Playbook, a policy framework designed to support the development of clear, credible, and globally interoperable regulatory regimes for fiat-backed stablecoins.
Announced at a roundtable hosted in Davos, the Playbook brings together stablecoin issuer members as part of GDF’s Global Stablecoin Working Group.
“Stablecoins are inherently cross-border by design, yet regulatory frameworks remain largely jurisdiction-bound,” said Lawrence Wintermeyer, chair of the members board at GDF.
“This Playbook is intended to help bridge that gap by establishing a shared regulatory language and a set of common outcomes that policymakers can utilise when building or calibrating their domestic regimes.”
The Playbook frames stablecoin regulation as a strategic economic tool, showing how robust issuer regimes can strengthen monetary sovereignty, support sovereign debt markets, improve payment efficiency, and position jurisdictions as competitive centres for responsible digital finance innovation.
“The challenge is no longer whether stablecoins should be regulated, but how to do so in a way that is credible, proportionate, and globally coherent,” commented Elise Soucie Watts, executive director at GDF.
GDF also plans to collaborate with the Alliance for Innovative Regulation on region-specific initiatives, building on the foundations set out in the Playbook.
Find GDF’s Playbook here.
