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claim internet-finance Federal stablecoin regulation mandates technological capability to freeze and seize assets in compliance with lawful orders, directly contradicting trust-minimized programmable payment infrastructure experimental Nellie Liang, Brookings Institution; OCC NPRM on GENIUS Act implementation 2026-04-11 GENIUS Act freeze/seize requirement creates mandatory control surface that conflicts with autonomous smart contract payment coordination rio structural Nellie Liang, Brookings Institution
internet-finance-is-an-industry-transition-from-traditional-finance-where-the-attractor-state-replaces-intermediaries-with-programmable-coordination-and-market-tested-governance
genius-act-public-company-restriction-creates-asymmetric-big-tech-barrier-while-permitting-private-non-financial-issuers
GENIUS Act reserve custody rules create indirect banking system dependency for nonbank stablecoin issuers without requiring bank charter
genius-act-public-company-restriction-creates-asymmetric-big-tech-barrier-while-permitting-private-non-financial-issuers|related|2026-04-18
GENIUS Act reserve custody rules create indirect banking system dependency for nonbank stablecoin issuers without requiring bank charter|related|2026-04-18
USDC's freeze capability is legally constrained making it unreliable as a programmatic safety mechanism during DeFi exploits|supports|2026-04-20
USDC's freeze capability is legally constrained making it unreliable as a programmatic safety mechanism during DeFi exploits

GENIUS Act freeze/seize requirement creates mandatory control surface that conflicts with autonomous smart contract payment coordination

The GENIUS Act (enacted July 18, 2025) requires all stablecoin issuers to maintain technological capability to freeze and seize stablecoins in compliance with lawful orders. This creates a mandatory backdoor into programmable payment infrastructure that directly conflicts with the trust-minimization premise of autonomous smart contract coordination. The requirement applies universally to both bank and nonbank issuers, meaning there is no regulatory path to fully autonomous payment rails. This represents a fundamental architectural constraint on the programmable coordination attractor state at the settlement layer—the system can be programmable, but it cannot be autonomous from state control. The freeze/seize capability is not optional compliance; it is a structural prerequisite for legal operation, making it impossible to build payment infrastructure that operates purely through code without human override mechanisms.