How to Implement a Stablecoin Framework

This chapter outlines the legal and institutional process required to implement virtual asset legislation—including stablecoins—with a focus on jurisdictions adopting the Commonwealth Secretariat's Model Laws. It presents a modular, principle-based approach to legislative design, emphasising legal clarity, proportionality, and adaptability. Drawing on comparative practices and implementation case studies, the chapter explores how governments can translate conceptual ambition into enforceable law—through legal scoping, stakeholder engagement, modular drafting, and capacity-building. The goal is to equip policymakers, legal drafters, and institutional leaders with a roadmap for embedding digital asset frameworks into domestic law while preserving sovereignty, enabling innovation, and ensuring cross-border coherence.