Trump family's crypto ventures — including a planned stablecoin launch — could stall crypto regulatory advancements, according to TD Cowen.
Panel Democrats were stymied by witnesses declining to talk about potential conflicts of interest from President Donald Trump's crypto businesses.
Lawmakers are escalating their efforts to draft legislation to regulate crypto, while some raised concerns of moves to cut crypto enforcement.
A commissioner's disapproval of the SEC's statement that stablecoins are not securities could pose a challenge to bills, TD Cowen said.
Ex-football player Bo Hines is in his new era — crypto — and is entering into his third month as a top crypto lead in the White House.
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TD Cowen says hurdles "can still be overcome given how many Democrats are supportive of the need to enact a stablecoin bill."
The bill reflects concern that CBDCs potentially infringe on individual privacy by monitoring transactions.
Though many Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee voted with Republicans to move the bill, they raised flags about the Trump-tied stablecoin.
The House Financial Services Committee voted to advance a monumental bill to regulate stablecoins on Wednesday.
Kristin Smith, the CEO of one of the biggest advocacy groups in Washington, is leaving for the newly created Solana Policy Institute.
U.S. lawmakers are barreling toward passing crypto legislation but are hitting a few snags along the way, including from Trump.
Long time crypto advocate Miller Whitehouse-Levine is taking on his next endeavour in Washington in launching the Solana Policy Institute.
Rep. Emmer has reintroduced a bill that could be a "precursor" for market structure legislation that lawmakers are hoping to get passed.
Rep. Bryan Steil told the DC Blockchain Summit that the House's stablecoin bill is seeking to "close the gap" with the Senate's that already moved through committee.
U.S. lawmakers are gaining ground on bills to regulate crypto, with votes set to happen for stablecoin legislation soon.
Movement on legislation to regulate stablecoins is underway this week as lawmakers in the House debated necessary provisions in the bill.
In a U.S. congressional hearing on the new House stablecoin bill, witnesses including BNY Mellon and a Wall Street super-lawyer further show a tradfi arrival.
Tyler Williams, a crypto lawyer hired as the crypto counselor for Treasury Secretary Bessent, said there's a ton of inside work to be done in the department.
Lawmakers are starting to get cracking on crypto legislation with hopes that bills can soon get signed by Trump by the end of the year.
Forme Rep. Patrick McHenry, who was instrumental in advancing crypto bills, is joining Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm a16z.
The bosses of Circle and Tether both set out their views on U.S. regulation in what some in the crypto community call a "stablecoin war."
In a hearing with the loaded title "A Golden Age of Digital Assets," the sector was — for the first time — mostly treated as a welcome arrival to U.S. finance.
U.S. lawmakers are taking different approaches to regulating stablecoins and crypto — revealing political divides.
Top Democrat Rep. Waters released a discussion draft on Monday to regulate stablecoins, according to a copy obtained by Punchbowl News.
House Financial Services Committee Republican Chair French Hill released draft legislation to regulate stablecoins.
The industry's U.S. banking crisis may be retreating as a second congressional committee sheds light on how crypto businesses have been treated by regulators.
U.S. lawmakers were divided during a congressional hearing focused on crypto debanking, revealing scars from FTX and concerns over why the industry was cut off from the bank sector.
David Sacks and the leaders of the congressional committees that will handle crypto legislation outlined their plans at a press conference.
Work is already underway to regulate stablecoins, with Sen. Bill Hagerty introducing a bill on Tuesday to create a regulatory framework.