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Senate Agriculture panel delays market structure hearing to Thursday after winter storm

The Senate Agriculture Committee pushed its planned markup hearing, where lawmakers would debate and vote on its market structure bill, to Thursday morning.

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Days of our market structure bills: State of Crypto

We have a new draft and fresh questions.

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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.

Sen. John Boozman, chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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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.

Sen. John Boozman (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

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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.

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Senate Republicans race toward crypto vote on bill with uncertain Democratic buy-in

The Banking Committee chief confirmed Friday evening that he's pressing forward, though the Agriculture Committee says it still hopes for a bipartisan version.

Sen. John Boozman (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

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This is what's (currently) in the way of U.S. crypto market structure bill harmony

Though consequential Senate committee votes may be coming, the talks over the bill's language haven't yet satisfied fundamental requests from Democrats.

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Tim Scott, and White House crypto adviser Bo Hines (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Senate Agriculture Committee to follow Banking panel in crypto vote next week: report

The Senate Agriculture Committee has previously released a discussion draft of its market structure legislation.

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Trump's CFTC Pick, Mike Selig, Clears Hurdle on Way Toward Confirmation Vote

The day after his confirmation hearing, the Senate Agriculture Committee made a quick vote to push Mike Selig toward the overall Senate for a final vote.

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Trump's Pick to Run CFTC, Selig, Tells Senators Crypto a 'Critical Mission' at Agency

Mike Selig, the nominee to be the next chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, testified at his confirmation hearing in the Senate.

Mike Selig, nominee to be chairman of the CFTC (Senate Agriculture Committee)