crypto legislation

Crypto bill likely delayed for weeks by Banking Committee after Coinbase pulled its support
The momentum for new crypto rules in Washington has slowed to a crawl and and it is not expected to resume for at least several weeks.

Senate Agriculture publishes own version of market structure bill without bipartisan support
The industry's great legislative hope is shifting to the U.S. Senate's Agriculture Committee, which released its own draft of the contentious oversight effort.

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.

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.


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.

Tokenization firms reject Coinbase's crypto bill equities claims
While Coinbase said that the crypto market structure bill would essentially ban tokenized securities, companies in that sector say that's not the case.

Senators pitch more than 75 amendments for crypto bill, including on yield, DeFi sections
A list of amendments — some of them far afield — is circulating for the planned markup hearing of the crypto market structure bill.

Senate Agriculture Committee reschedules its own crypto bill hearing to Jan. 27
The Senate Agriculture Committee said Tuesday its postponed crypto market structure bill would drop on Jan. 21 and be debated six days later.

