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Policy

U.S. House lawmakers who oversee the CFTC are urging Trump to fill the commission

As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission takes on a growing task to police U.S. crypto trading, senior lawmakers are saying it needs bipartisan leadership.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Clarity Act clears U.S. Senate committee, on its way to a final test in Congress

After a bipartisan approval in the Senate Banking Committee, the crypto market structure bill now advances to a final overhaul aimed at Senate and House passage.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

Policy

U.S. senators lament failure to win bipartisan support, yet, on crypto Clarity Act

In the hearing to advance the market structure bill to its next stage, lawmakers from both parties granted lengthy talks hadn't yet found needed common ground.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Getty Images)

Policy

Bank of England ready to water down 'overly conservative' stablecoin proposals: FT

Restrictions proposed by the BOE prompted criticism from the crypto industry, which said they risked preventing the U.K. from being competitive in the digital economy.

A pedestrian walks past the entrance to the Bank of England (Unsplash)

Policy

UK parliament to probe Nigel Farage’s $6.8 million donation from crypto billionaire

If found guilty of violating the Parliamentary code of conduct, the Reform UK party leader could be suspended from the House of Commons.

Nigel Farage. (Reform UK)

Policy

Clarity Act amendments would remake key parts of crypto bill but have doubtful future

The U.S. crypto market structure bill is being targeted with dozens of amendments aiming to change or add to the text as its Senate hearing approaches.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

It’s time for clarity for America’s digital asset markets

Recent polls have shown that registered voters want America to set the rules for global finance, reinforcing why the Senate must act now, explains Smith.

The SEC wants the public to weigh in on how cryptocurrencies fit into qualified custodian regulations.

Policy

Clarity Act, in the flesh, unveiled by U.S. Senate Banking Committee before hearing

The crypto market structure bill had already been making the industry rounds behind closed doors, but the lawmakers have released the text before their vote.

Senator Tim Scott (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Kraken parent goes for the OCC charter in bid to become a federal crypto bank

Payward’s application would add a federally regulated trust company to the Kraken group’s existing Wyoming bank charter and Fed master account.

Payward and Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi.

Videos

SEC Crypto Task Force Chief Counsel: 'I bought my first Bitcoin in 2013'

Taylor Lindman, chief counsel of the SEC Crypto Task Force, joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2026 in Miami to outline the agency's two-bucket approach to crypto regulation, why the CLARITY Act will "supercharge" the SEC, and the open questions around tokenized securities. Plus, the chief counsel's personal crypto origin story: buying Bitcoin in Korea in 2013 and learning self-custody after his exchange went bust.

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