Legislation
U.S. House Bill Seeks Centralized Record of Off-Chain Crypto Transactions
A Democrat in Congress is waging a lonely crusade against off-chain secrecy by calling for exchanges’ internal records to be shared with central repositories.
Ex-Senator Who Once Shepherded Crypto Legislation Sees No Path in Current Congress
Former Sen. Pat Toomey is pessimistic about legislation moving through this term, but it may be more likely in the next Congress.
U.S. CBDC Efforts Opposed in Legislation Advanced by House Republicans
The House Financial Services Committee approved a bill meant to prevent a U.S. central bank digital currency.
Senator Warren’s Crypto Money Laundering Bill Builds Momentum as More Sign On
Among nine new supporters of the legislative effort to ward off illicit uses of crypto are Democratic chairs of the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees.
Dueling Digital Dollar Bills Debated in Congressional Hearing on U.S. CBDC
House Republicans want to ban U.S. CBDCs before they’re even formally proposed by the Federal Reserve, but one senior Democrat is pitching a bill that goes the other way.
SEC’s Gensler Should Be Focus of More Hearings on Treatment of Crypto: U.S. Senator
Sen. Bill Hagerty, a Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, says the panel should be digging into the interactions between the securities regulator and the digital assets sector.
Don’t Pop the Champagne on U.S. Crypto Bills – Progress in Congress Has Been Costly
Though the industry legislation has reached unprecedented heights, the wins may be too messy to open a path to the finish line this year.
Long-Awaited U.S. Stablecoin Bill Takes Big Step Despite Fight From Democrats, White House
House lawmakers cleared a long-awaited stablecoin legislation for the next step in its route through Congress late Thursday night. This comes as three other key bills were advanced. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De discusses the latest developments.
U.S. Stablecoin Bill Takes Big Step Despite Fight From Democrats, White House
A long-awaited stablecoin bill graduated from a House committee in a Republican push, leaving the chair of the House Financial Services Committee lamenting that a bipartisan deal was strangled by the White House.
White House Derailed Negotiation on U.S. House Stablecoin Bill: McHenry
A bipartisan agreement on stablecoin legislation was in reach, according to the chair of the House Financial Services Committee, but the ranking Democrat said McHenry halted talks.
