• Minimum Liquid Fund Requirement

    • SIO-4.2.2

      Stablecoin issuers must maintain an amount equal to 50% of total operating expense as reported in the preceding year’s annual financial statements, subject to the adjustments specified in Paragraph SIO-4.2.3 in liquid assets.

      Added: July 2025

    • SIO-4.2.3

      The adjustments to be made to the total operating expenses are exclusion of the following items from the total operating expenses:

      (a) expense items that are not incurred from the ordinary activities and are not expected to recur frequently or regularly. This may include costs from one-time events such as write-offs, purchases of or losses from the sale of the fixed assets, or extraordinary events such as earthquakes or other natural disasters; and
      (b) depreciation and amortisation expenses as stated in the financial statements
      Added: July 2025