The U.S. Senate has been rocked by the sudden collapse of a long-awaited, bipartisan crypto bill. This retraction resulted from a web of interconnected forces. Worries over the Trump family’s increasing engagement in the cryptocurrency world are escalating. Meanwhile, Democrats have legitimate concerns about corruption and the threat of economic...
All eyes should be on the increasing complexity of emerging cryptocurrency legislation. Former President Donald Trump’s recent venture into the digital asset space has certainly made waves. The recent demise of the GENIUS Act illustrates the complex intersection of politics and crypto. This bill would have established a regulatory framework...
Senators unsuccessfully attempted to reach a compromise on a bipartisan crypto regulation bill before reaching an impasse. Due to this, the vote to advance the bill in the Senate died. The GENIUS ACT as proposed would establish the U.S.’s first regulatory framework for stablecoins. Such digital tokens are treated as...
On May 5, 2025, US legislators proposed a new framework for future digital asset rules. The wide-ranging 212-page strategy lays out how the United States plans to treat and regulate digital assets. This ambitious framework would offer much-needed clarity and structure to our rapidly growing cryptocurrency market.I raised some of...
Now expand that impact to a young artist in Yangon, Myanmar, who is starting to see a way out of poverty. She’s deeply rooted and utterly visionary, making digital work that mixes Indigenous motifs with cyberpunk adventure. But access to the global art market is a forever dream. Banks are...
Cryptocurrency is on the cusp of transformative change. The U.S. House of Representatives is in the midst of negotiating new legislation that would more clearly and comprehensively establish a regulatory framework for digital assets. Here’s our breakdown of the major provisions included in this draft bill. It takes a close...
House Republicans have released their own draft bill. This legislation would establish a federal framework for regulating cryptocurrency in the United States. This new proposed legislation is a positive step toward further clarifying an often-misunderstood digital asset market. Second, it will promote responsible innovation and fill current regulatory gaps. As...
House Republicans are pushing their newly-released draft crypto bill as a major inflection point. They argue that it provides long-overdue regulatory clarity to the digital asset space. However, buried underneath its seemingly benevolent provisions is a dangerous loophole. This loophole would by accident kill the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry as...
The U.S. Senate is making a meaningful step toward addressing the regulation of stablecoins with the advancement of the GENIUS Act. This legislation represents a key opportunity to help set the right crypto regulatory framework to foster innovation and protect consumers. It establishes a strong global precedent on the oversight...
Dave McCormick, a member of the Senate Banking Committee’s subcommittee on digital assets, has invested up to $1 million in Bitcoin this year, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest as his committee considers cryptocurrency regulation. The subcommittee, now chaired by Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), has been given the responsibility of...
