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U.S. Senate Passes GENIUS Act to Regulate Stablecoins, Marking Crypto Industry Win

The legislation to set rules for stablecoin issuers is the first major digital assets bill to ever clear the Senate and now moves on to the U.S. House.

Bill Hagerty, a sponsor of the bill (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Crypto Lobbyists Urge U.S. Senators to Dodge Distraction in Stablecoin Debate

Top industry advocacy groups requested that the Senate stick to the task at hand as it mulls its stablecoin bill while unrelated amendments loom.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Trump's Memecoin Dinner Questioned by Top Democrat on House Judiciary Committee

Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House panel overseeing the legal system, asked the president to produce the guest list of his private event.

President Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. House Republicans Officially Introduce Crypto Market Structure Bill

The legislation is expected to become the second major congressional effort toward establishing U.S. regulations for the crypto industry.

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

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Trump-tied World Liberty Financial Rebuffs U.S. Senator's Probe

Sen. Richard Blumenthal had written letters to Trump-affiliated executives, asking about their businesses, and WLFI called some of his assertions inaccurate.

World Liberty Financial leadership team. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Market Structure Rules for Crypto Could End Up Governing Core of U.S. Finance: Le

TuongVy Le, a compliance expert and ex-SEC lawyer, said the rest of the financial industry is likely to migrate into the world overseen by pending regulations.

TuongVy Le

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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. Congressman Pitches Crypto ATMs for Federal Government Buildings

Texas Republican Lance Gooden suggested to the agency that runs office space that installing ATMs will help align the government with Trump's crypto push.

Crypto ATM (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Author of Crypto Bills Now Being Rehashed Predicts 'Wicked Hot Summer' in Congress

Patrick McHenry, the ex-lawmaker who championed last year's crypto legislation, also said he expects a role to be found for Tether in the U.S. stablecoin field.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)