According to @provenauthority, the US Treasury announced an intention to modernize identity verification for decentralized finance, specifically for stablecoins and payments, and has issued a Request for Information to advance this work; source: @provenauthority on X, Aug 22, 2025. According to @provenauthority, the RFI signals Treasury’s intent to treat identity as critical national infrastructure tied to DeFi stablecoin and payment activity; source: @provenauthority on X, Aug 22, 2025.

According to @provenauthority, a current RFI focuses on architecting trust infrastructure for open finance, the personalized internet, and stablecoins, emphasizing modular, privacy-preserving identity for internet capital markets; source: https://twitter.com/provenauthority/status/1959006535079928269. The post compares the prospective role of such identity standards to what TCP/IP did for packet networks, framing the work as big system design energy rather than mere compliance; source: https://twitter.com/provenauthority/status/1959006535079928269. For traders, the explicit inclusion of stablecoins indicates near-term relevance to market infrastructure and access pathways, warranting close monitoring of outcomes from this RFI; source: https://twitter.com/provenauthority/status/1959006535079928269.