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Policy

Crypto PAC Fairshake leaps into first midterm Senate race with $5 million in Alabama

The industry's leading campaign-finance operation is getting behind a pro-crypto candidate, Barry Moore, in Alabama's Republican Senate primary.

Fairshake PAC influenced 2024 congressional elections

Policy

Most Influential: Rep. French Hill

Rep. French Hill's name may or may not end up on any of the final legislation that becomes crypto law in the U.S., but he was the one driving it forward.

French Hill

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U.S. House Lawmakers Detail Grievances Over Government's 'Choke Point 2.0'

French Hill, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued a report outlining what went on at several U.S. crypto regulators in past years.

French HIll, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

U.S. House Ditching Its Stablecoin Bill to Back Trump's Choice From Senate

Heading into next week's "Crypto Week" on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives is lining up a few votes as it puts its major focus on the Stability Act.

Rep. French Hill (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Trump's Crypto Ties at Forefront as U.S. Lawmakers Weigh Crypto Market Structure Bill

Two House of Representatives hearings dug into the details of the current legislation to regulate U.S. crypto markets, but Trump loomed over the discussions.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Trump’s Memecoin, Crypto Stake Make Legislating ‘More Complicated’: Rep. French Hill

The congressman said he thinks getting a stablecoin bill and a market structure bill on President Donald Trump’s desk by the August recess is “still doable.”

Representative French Hill at Consensus

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Planned Crypto Hearing in U.S. House Derailed by Democrat Revolt

Democrats abandoned a joint hearing of two committees on crypto policy, inviting people to instead attend their own discussion of Trump's "crypto corruption."

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (video capture, House Financial Services Democrats roundtable)

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U.S. Crypto Market Structure Bill Unveiled by House Lawmakers

As a successor to the so-called FIT21 bill in the last session, the committee chairs in the House have released a discussion draft of a market structure bill.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. House Hearing Marks Progress Toward Crypto Market-Structure Bill

Panel Democrats were stymied by witnesses declining to talk about potential conflicts of interest from President Donald Trump's crypto businesses.

Rep. Bryan Steil, chairman of the digital assets subcommittee (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Next U.S. Senate Banking Chair Calls Crypto 'Next Wonder' of World

Senator Tim Scott said the Senate will tackle crypto bills, and the incoming chair of the House Financial Services Committee said he hopes to pass them in 2025.

Senator Scott, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee