Meta lands on Sen. Warren’s radar again with ‘troubling’ stablecoin plans

Meta (NASDAQ: META) is under fire again with Senator Elizabeth Warren as the company plans to roll out stablecoin features to its billions of  users. 

Senator Warren shared her concerns that Meta’s stablecoin ambitions are a threat to financial security. She has also been vocal about her criticism of the Trump administration’s involvement in the crypto industry. 

Why is Elizabeth Warren probing Meta? 

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is back on the trail of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, just one week after the company quietly revived its long-dormant plans to integrate stablecoin payments into Facebook. 

The Senator wrote a letter demanding answers, citing a “lack of transparency” and warning of “serious implications” for the U.S. financial system. 

Warren has been campaigning against Big Tech monopolies and what she calls “unchecked corporate greed,” particularly with the involvement of the current Trump administration.

Last week, Meta rolled out a pilot program allowing a select group of creators in Colombia and the Philippines to receive payments in USDC, unlike its failed 2019 attempt when it tried to create its own currency (Libra/Diem). 

The program currently uses the Solana and Polygon blockchains to process the payments. Reports suggest Meta expects to expand this payment option to more than 160 countries by the end of 2026. 

In response to Warren’s letter, a Meta spokesperson explicitly told Fortune that there is no Meta stablecoin, but the company wants its users, whether individuals or businesses, to be able to pay the way they want, “which may include through a third-party stablecoin.”

What is Senator Warren’s objection?

In her letter, Warren stated that stablecoin activity on Meta, which has a global user base of billions, could have “serious implications for competition, privacy, the integrity of our payments system, and financial stability.”

The Senator is specifically worried about a repeat of the 2023 banking crisis, where USDC briefly lost its dollar peg, trading as low as $0.88, after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. 

Furthermore, Warren is demanding answers regarding where Meta fits into the CLARITY Act currently being debated by Congress. Cryptopolitan reported that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) hopes to bring the bill to a markup this month. 

Senator Warren is simultaneously conducting a separate but related investigation into the company’s employment practices. On March 16, 2026, she sent letters to the CEOs of not only Meta, but also Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Target (NYSE: TGT), UPS (NYSE: UPS), and Verizon (NYSE: VZ), questioning the mass layoffs occurring despite the fact that these companies have been posting massive profits and receiving huge tax breaks from President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Warner pointed out that Amazon announced plans to cut approximately 16,000 workers despite a 44.5% profit increase in 2025 and an 87% tax cut. About 15,000 Microsoft employees were also laid off despite the company having a net income of over $101 billion in 2025 and anticipating a $12.5 billion tax cut. 

Senator Warren is currently pushing the CLEAN Mergers Act, which was introduced with Senator Cory Booker in late April 2026, to dissolve corporate mergers approved during Trump’s term that are valued over $10 billion if they hurt competition. 

Following reports that the Trump-backed drone company Powerus obtained an Air Force contract, Warren is questioning why firms tied to Donald Trump Jr. (via 1789 Capital) have won over $70 million in Defense contracts since 2025. 

She recently pressed the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth regarding allegations of insider trading related to betting markets during the Iran War.