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Trump has postponed signing a housing bill that passed Congress with 358 House votes and 85 Senate votes, leaving a provision that would block a Federal Reserve-issued CBDC until 2030 in limbo. According to a July 24 Truth Social post…
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Congress sends housing bill with CBDC ban to Trump, blocking Fed digital dollar work until 2030 while advancing broad housing reforms.
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CME Group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission after the regulator approved crypto perpetual futures that have already generated more than $1 billion in trading volume. According to Bloomberg, the derivatives exchange sued the CFTC…
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Congress reaches a housing bill deal that would block a Federal Reserve CBDC until 2030 while sparing private stablecoins under latest bill.
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Congress has proposed a new Justice Department task force focused on cryptocurrency theft after the FBI received 181,565 crypto-related complaints and more than $11 billion in reported losses during 2025. According to legislation introduced by Representatives Lance Gooden and Josh…
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The Solana Institute has urged U.S. senators to preserve key provisions of the CLARITY Act as industry participants increasingly look toward an August timeline for advancing the legislation through Congress. According to Solana Institute President Kristin Smith, the Blockchain Regulatory…
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The odds of securing a July 4 signing for the CLARITY Act have narrowed, with lawmakers, industry groups, and market observers increasingly turning their attention to the August recess. According to reporting from Crypto In America, many policymakers and industry…
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US lawmakers have introduced legislation to create a federal task force focused on cryptocurrency theft, fraud, and hacking investigations. The proposal follows a year in which Americans reported more than $11 billion in crypto-related losses. If approved, the measure would…
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Coinbase has urged U.S. lawmakers to remove capital gains tax requirements on stablecoin payments and exempt small crypto transactions from burdensome reporting rules. According to testimony delivered by Coinbase vice president of tax Lawrence Zlatkin before the House Ways and…
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Lesley Groff has appeared for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The former Jeffrey Epstein assistant spoke to lawmakers as the panel continues reviewing people connected to Epstein. Her appearance came one day before Bill…
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U.S. lawmakers have reopened debate on digital asset taxation through seven separate crypto tax proposals while Senate negotiators continue work on the CLARITY Act ahead of a possible floor vote before August. According to the House Ways and Means Committee,…
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The U.S. House has moved closer to approving a $70 billion immigration funding package after Senate passage last week. Lawmakers could hold a final vote as early as Tuesday and send the measure to President Donald Trump. The legislation would…
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Congress is moving to ban lawmakers from crypto prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi over insider trading. Why it’s happening and why platforms agree.
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House Republicans have moved to expand a congressional trading ban proposal after Rep. Bryan Steil said prediction market contracts should be included alongside restrictions on stock trading by lawmakers. According to Bloomberg Government, Steil, who chairs the House Administration Committee,…
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A crypto PAC affiliated with Fairshake has poured $5 million into a Texas congressional runoff ahead of Tuesday’s vote. Protect Progress, an affiliate of the crypto-backed Fairshake PAC, spent $5 million supporting Democratic challenger Christian Menefee in Tuesday’s Texas 18th…
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Senator Cynthia Lummis told the Bitcoin 2026 conference that the Lummis CLARITY Act warning centers not just on the 2030 timeline but on a structural argument: the current simultaneous alignment between the House, Senate, and White House on crypto legislation…