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Next U.S. Senate Banking Chair Calls Crypto 'Next Wonder' of World

Senator Tim Scott said the Senate will tackle crypto bills, and the incoming chair of the House Financial Services Committee said he hopes to pass them in 2025.

Senator Scott will be the next chairman of the Senate Banking Committee

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French Hill to Lead Powerful Congressional Panel Next Term: Report

Hill, who chaired the House Financial Services Committee's digital assets subcommittee, has long been a crypto advocate on the Hill.

French Hill (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

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Patrick McHenry: The Lawmaker Who Built a Foundation for U.S. Crypto Legislation

The outgoing chair of the House Financial Services Committee deserves significant credit for getting the FIT21 market structure bill through the House in 2024.

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'We are Running Out of Time': U.S. House Democrat Urges Stablecoin Bill Compromise

Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, pitched a "grand bargain" to finish a stablecoin bill this year.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler took vigorous Republican criticism on his agency's crypto record at a hearing. (screen capture, House Financial Services Committee)

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SEC’s Crypto Record Rebuked by Ex-Commissioner, GOP Lawmakers in Hearing

The U.S. securities regulator took a beating in a congressional hearing that was weighted against it, with a witness list of critics calling out the SEC for its fight against crypto firms.

Former member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Daniel Gallagher testified in a House committee that the SEC rebuffed Robinhood Markets' attempt to comply with agency rules.  (photo illustration, Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. House Committee Plans for Heap of Crypto Hearings in September

The House Financial Services Committee is expected to look at DeFi, U.S. enforcement and "pig butchering" in a series of hearings the panel is set to schedule for next month.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler says the agency's court loss led to bitcoin ETF approvals. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Patrick McHenry Explains FIT21's Passage

The House Financial Services Committee Chair spoke at Consensus 2024.

Congressman Patrick McHenry (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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U.S. House Set to Vote for First Standalone Crypto Market Structure Bill

Lawmakers are set to vote on the FIT21 bill Wednesday afternoon.

House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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SEC's Gensler Says House Bill Would 'Undermine' Regulator's Crypto, Capital Markets Oversight

SEC Chair Gary Gensler pushed back against the FIT21 bill hours ahead of a planned vote.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. House's McHenry Says Senate May Be Swayed if Many Democrats Back Crypto Bill

The House is set next week to vote on a wide-ranging bill to set crypto regulations, though its potential in the Senate remains murky, despite the optimism of its proponents.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)