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Senate's next market structure draft likely pro-crypto, but industry insiders are worried Democrats may not be on board
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee's next draft is expected to shield developers from liability, insiders have been advised, but it may without Democrat backing.

Massachusetts judge poised to tell Kalshi to stop taking sports bets in state
The prediction market platform Kalshi will be preliminarily ordered by a superior court justice in Massachusetts to halt its online sports business there.

Trump's new CFTC chief Selig starts 'future-proof' initiative to champion crypto
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig signals an intent to set crypto policy into formal rules that would be hard to reverse down the road.

Here's why Coinbase and other companies soured on the major crypto bill
Provisions addressing decentralized finance, SEC jurisdiction and authorities and — of course — stablecoin yield all alarmed industry participants.

What comes next: State of Crypto
The crypto market structure bill isn't dead, but it took a blow.

Crypto developer protections don't belong in market structure bill, senators say
Legislative language which would grant some legal protections to crypto software developers, falls under the Senate Judiciary Committee, its leaders said.

Hacker steals $282 million crypto from a victim in social-engineering attack
A sophisticated social-engineering attack led to the theft of more than $282 million in BTC and LTC, with the funds rapidly laundered through monero.

Senate Democrats serious about crypto bill reboot, they said in call with industry
The Democratic contingent in negotiations over U.S. crypto market structure got back into the talks over the bill, though they sought to keep details private.

Senate Democrats pursuing a Friday call with crypto industry on market structure bill
A call is being planned to discuss the state of the legislation that's now been postponed in the Senate Banking Committee, sources say.

The big crypto bill isn't dead, may return next month as Wall Street fight still looms
The digital assets crowd has been complaining bitterly about bank-lobbyist tactics, but Senate lawmakers have a much longer relationship with their bankers.

