News with the tag "crypto legislation"

Several U.S. states are getting closer to putting public money into cryptocurrencies effort, spurred by President Donald Trump since he announced plans to do the same on a federal level. And Texas is now among the leading contenders. On Thursday, the Texas state senate passed the so-called SB 21 bil...

The industry's ongoing campaign against the debanking of crypto businesses and leaders has secured a legislative push from a top U.S. senator, Tim Scott, who is championing a bill that would cut out federal banking regulators' ability to use "reputational risk" as a reason to steer banks away from c...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Within hours of the announcement that he'd started as the crypto counselor for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, former Galaxy Digital lawyer Tyler Williams was addressing a private digital assets event in Washington, D.C., telling the crowd that helping Congress get stablecoin le...

Lawmakers in the Ohio House of Representatives proposed a bill to prevent extra taxes on crypto payments and address mining, staking, and regulation of digital assets and investments by the state retirement systems. Lawmakers Introduce ‘Ohio Blockchain Basis Act’ On Monday, Ohio lawmakers introduced...

In a surprising turn of events for the burgeoning digital asset space in South Korea, the nation’s parliament has decided to postpone discussions on a crucial bill concerning security token regulation korea . This unexpected move has injected a dose of uncertainty into the market, leaving industry p...

The crypto industry got a chance to make a full-throated appeal for Congress to finally intervene and set legal standards for digital assets businesses in the U.S. during a hearing Tuesday in front of the House of Representatives subcommittee that focuses on digital assets. Under the Republican-led ...

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has thrown his weight behind the latest developments in the US crypto space, calling them a “big deal.” His comments follow a press conference by US Crypto Czar David Sacks, which sparked debates over the country’s approach to Bitcoin reserves and broader digital asset p...

One of the most significant factors for the crypto industry lies not in market dynamics, but in the political arena. Trump’s pro-crypto rhetoric certainly grabbed headlines, but the real catalyst for banks and other financial intermediaries is likely a Republican sweep in Congress, given that most o...

Eric Trump thinks that the new administration led by his father will create transparent and sensible regulation for the crypto industry.

Mike Collins, a first-term Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, may not have a high profile on crypto policy, but he has a very active crypto portfolio. And his trading indicates that memecoin enthusiasm has reached the shores of Congress. Collins, whose committee assignments keep him fa...