META'S STABLECOIN PLAN QUESTIONED BY DEMOCRATS

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Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal pressed Meta to disclose its stablecoin strategy, asking whether the company has lobbied for the Senate's GENIUS Act and if it plans to launch or own a stablecoin issuer despite proposals to bar Big Tech from doing so. Their letter cites privacy, anticompetitive, and consumer-protection concerns, warning that a Meta-run token could extend the firm's data-harvesting reach and enable “surveillance pricing.” The senators also demanded an explanation of how any new effort differs from Meta's abandoned Libra/Diem project. The inquiry landed hours before the Senate's passage of the GENIUS Act.