Cynthia Lummis


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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.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Senator Lummis says crypto market structure bill hearing may get postponed

The Senate Banking Committee may delay its hearing on the crypto market structure bill, originally scheduled for Thursday, Senator Cynthia Lummis told Bloomberg.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Senator Lummis offers DeFi protections bill as broader market structure draft nears

Senator Cynthia Lummis introduced a standalone bill to press a key point on how blockchain software developers are treated, though crypto market structure observers await the big show.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto's closest ally in Congress, Sen. Lummis, is retiring next year

The most tireless advocate of digital assets issues in the U.S. Senate said she's grown too tired to keep at it, leaving her Republican seat in play next year.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Key U.S. Senator on Crypto Bill, Lummis, Negotiating Dicey Points With White House

The Republican lawmaker who is among the core negotiators on the U.S. market structure bill said the White House has rejected some ethics language.

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Senators Still Hopeful for Crypto Market Structure Law by End of Year

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Cynthia Lummis said bipartisan efforts on the bill were continuing.

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Market Structure Bill Will Be Before President Trump by Thanksgiving, Says Sen. Lummis

The bill will eventually become the law that dictates how financial regulators oversee the market.

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New Lummis Bill Would Back Effort to Ensure Crypto Assets Can Justify U.S. Mortgages

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis introduced another crypto bill, this one meant to reinforce an effort underway to allow use of digital assets in mortgage underwriting.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Digital Assets Tax Policy Getting Hearing During 'Crypto Week'

The House Ways and Means Committee is set on July 16 to examine how to set up proper taxation for the crypto sector.

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Crypto Tax Proposal That Didn't Make It to Trump's Budget Bill Pushed on Its Own

Senator Cynthia Lummis has introduced a standalone bill to pursue the same objectives to ease up on several tax concerns involving digital assets activity.

Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Wyoming Republican (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)