A bipartisan housing bill was approved in the Senate, carrying an unrelated ban on U.S. central bank digital currencies, but its future remains uncertain.
As the window narrows to pass a crypto market structure bill this year, lawmakers told bankers at a Washington summit that the final bill won't risk deposits.
At a Republican event, the U.S. president delivered a speech that doubled down on recent comments he won't sign anything else until he gets the voting bill.
Richard Blumenthal sent Binance co-chief Richard Teng a letter asking him for records about the exchange’s dealings with Iran-linked entities and the alleged dismissal of its investigators.
After the bankers shared a document at the White House demanding a total ban on stablecoin yield, the crypto side answers that it needs some stablecoin rewards.
Senator Mark Warner, a leading Democratic negotiator on the market structure bill, said he wants it to pass, and SEC chief Paul Atkins said durable policy actually requires it.
The market structure legislation for the first time advanced beyond a committee, setting up the next steps that could end with a vote of the overall chamber.
For those who don't have the compass and the time to track Congress through its arcane procedures, here's what's likely to affect you if a bill passes. Or doesn't.
The Democratic contingent in negotiations over U.S. crypto market structure got back into the talks over the bill, though they sought to keep details private.
A call is being planned to discuss the state of the legislation that's now been postponed in the Senate Banking Committee, sources say.
The committee's Republican chairman, Tim Scott, had pushed for a quick process before it collapsed under the weigh of unfinished business.
Senator Tim Scott, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, told CoinDesk that he hopes to advance the crypto market structure bill, but some issues are unresolved.
A list of amendments — some of them far afield — is circulating for the planned markup hearing of the crypto market structure bill.
The crypto industry contends that Wall Street giants stood behind community banks to undercut digital competitors before they could get a major legislative win.
There are red-line demands from decentralized finance — and backed by the rest of crypto — that remain unknowns as senators finish the draft they'll vote on.
Though consequential Senate committee votes may be coming, the talks over the bill's language haven't yet satisfied fundamental requests from Democrats.
The Senate is approaching a potential markup that may advance crypto legislation to a vote, and industry insiders are amassing for a lobbying push this week.
Senators met to restart the high-stakes negotiation over the crypto market structure bill, and one of them reportedly said a markup is planned next week.
After holiday leadership shifts, the two U.S. markets regulators — the SEC and CFTC — are now run only by pro-crypto Republicans, with Congress still debating.
The most tireless advocate of digital assets issues in the U.S. Senate said she's grown too tired to keep at it, leaving her Republican seat in play next year.
In a package of confirmations, the U.S. Senate approved Mike Selig to lead the CFTC and Travis Hill to run the FDIC, both with major potential reach into crypto.
Guessing the direction of Congress is akin to long-range weather prediction, with so many variables in play, and the industry's fate depends on a break in the storm.
The leader of the derivatives regulator is planning to join the crypto industry as the CFTC and other federal regulators work on policies to benefit the sector.
Executives and lobbyists are attending a meeting today with Senator Tim Scott and others to hash out the ongoing talks over crypto's most important policy effort.
In the prolonged process of the Senate, two key officials have faced a series of procedural steps on their way to a final vote, possibly early next week.
Political progressives have joined forces to oppose current versions of the industry-backed legislative effort in the Senate.
The Senate's process is inching forward on a mass-confirmation that would include two nominations with major crypto implications.
The day after his confirmation hearing, the Senate Agriculture Committee followed up with a quick vote to advance Mike Selig to the overall Senate for a final vote.
The Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines to send FDIC Acting Chair Travis Hill's nomination to the wider Senate for a final vote on taking the permanent job.
Senator Elizabeth Warren is maintaining political heat on President Trump's World Liberty Financial business interests in a letter to the Treasury and DOJ.