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Crypto Market Structure Bill Moves Out of House Committees, Stablecoin Action Pending

The market structure bill got an overhaul in two House committees at the same time while the Senate's stablecoin bill is steaming toward a finish.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Trump's Crypto Ties at Forefront as U.S. Lawmakers Weigh Crypto Market Structure Bill

Two House of Representatives hearings dug into the details of the current legislation to regulate U.S. crypto markets, but Trump loomed over the discussions.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Planned Crypto Hearing in U.S. House Derailed by Democrat Revolt

Democrats abandoned a joint hearing of two committees on crypto policy, inviting people to instead attend their own discussion of Trump's "crypto corruption."

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (video capture, House Financial Services Democrats roundtable)

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U.S. Crypto Market Structure Bill Unveiled by House Lawmakers

As a successor to the so-called FIT21 bill in the last session, the committee chairs in the House have released a discussion draft of a market structure bill.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Several U.S. House Democrats Petition Colleagues to Join Yes Side on Crypto Bill

Crypto market-structure bill FIT21 is set for a vote on Wednesday, though its chances in the Senate remain uncertain.

House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) said he's counting on a good vote total for the crypto bill sending a message. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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'Congress Needs to Act' on Crypto Regulations, CFTC Chair Behnam Tells Lawmakers

The CFTC Chair was testifying on the regulator's 2025 budget request.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Bill Advances Out of House Agriculture Committee

The vote means both the House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees have endorsed the legislation, which aims to create federal rules for crypto.

House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Robinhood Joins Coinbase in Saying It Tried to 'Come In and Register' Like SEC Wanted

The companies’ top lawyers testified in a House crypto hearing that they spent months trying to get the SEC to help them comply before being rebuffed.

U.S. Securities Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler advises in video that crypto firms need to register. (CoinDesk screen grab from SEC investor-education video)

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U.S. House Republicans Push for Crypto Oversight With Bill to Make SEC Play Ball

Draft legislation from key committee chairs represents this year’s most significant proposal for how the federal government might build guardrails around the digital assets sector.

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

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U.S. House Will Have Crypto Bill in 2 Months: Rep. McHenry

Rep. Patrick McHenry said the House Financial Services Committee and the Agriculture panel will meet jointly in May as they work on crypto legislation.

U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (left) and Rep. Patrick McHenry (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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