The GENIUS Act has a detail nobody is talking about and it’s going to squeeze Tether hard

The big stablecoin regulation news last week got covered as "bank-like rules" and people moved on. Real story is a little different.

The FDIC is mandating T+2 redemption. If you hold USDC or USDT and want actual dollars, issuers now have 48 hours to make it happen. No more ambiguity during a crisis.

For USDC this is basically fine. Circle has been angling for a federal charter anyway. For Tether it's a real problem. To guarantee 48-hour redemptions you have to hold boring, liquid reserves. That kills the yield strategies that make running a stablecoin profitable, and if Tether can't demonstrate compliance, US banking access gets a lot harder.

Side effect: the DeFi yields you're used to on stablecoins probably get squeezed too.

Check out a full breakdown here if anyone wants the details: https://bigcoinreport.com/analysis/fdic-genius-act-stablecoin-48-hour-redemption-rule-2026

Curious what people think about the Tether situation specifically.