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The most significant Fed nomination news from Tuesday’s hearing came not from the nominee but from Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama, who signaled the first concrete Republican effort to find an offramp around the Tillis blockade, urging all parties…
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A House GOP revolt 2026 collapsed both a five-year and an 18-month FISA extension in back-to-back overnight votes, with 20 Republicans joining most Democrats to kill each plan and force Speaker Mike Johnson into a last-resort 10-day stopgap passed at…
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The Senate passed a 10-day FISA extension 2026 by voice vote Friday, keeping the surveillance program alive until April 30 after a bloc of 20 House Republicans overnight derailed both a five-year and an 18-month renewal that Speaker Johnson and…
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The SEC CLARITY Act roundtable convened in Washington today, April 16, bringing regulators and industry together for a public discussion on digital asset market structure as the Senate Banking Committee targets a late-April markup of the most consequential crypto bill…
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A multi-million dollar influx from crypto-aligned donors is set to shape the 2026 Ohio Senate race as the Sentinel Action Fund commits $8 million to support Republican Senator Jon Husted. Sentinel Action Fund officials announced Wednesday that the super PAC,…
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The CLARITY Act entered what analysts are calling a do-or-die window Tuesday as the Senate returned from Easter recess with roughly 14 working days before midterm politics consume the calendar and the biggest piece of US crypto legislation in history…
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The memecoin news shaking Washington this week is a formal Senate investigation into an April 25 conference at Mar-a-Lago where attendance is restricted to the top 297 TRUMP token holders and the top 29 receive VIP access to the president,…
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XRP is holding at $1.34 as traders await Senate action on the XRP CLARITY Act, with Congress returning from Easter recess on April 13 and a Banking Committee markup expected in the second half of the month. XRP has been…
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A new U.S. Senate bill aims to prohibit betting markets tied to war, assassination, and an individual’s death, a move that could have implications for prediction-market platforms such as Polymarket. The legislation, introduced by Adam Schiff, is titled the Discouraging…
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Democratic senators are calling for a national security review of a major foreign investment in World Liberty Financial, the crypto firm tied to Donald Trump and his family. In a Feb. 13 letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Senators Elizabeth…
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United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants the Senate Banking Committee to move ahead with the confirmation hearings for Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh, even as a Department of Justice investigation into current Fed chair Jerome Powell remains unresolved.…
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U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis said banks should embrace digital assets rather than resist them, arguing that cryptocurrencies and stablecoins offer new products and revenue opportunities for traditional financial institutions. In a Fox News interview shared on X, the Wyoming Republican…
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The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee voted 12–11 on Thursday, Jan 29 to advance its version of the CLARITY Act, pushing a major crypto market structure bill one step further through Congress. The Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act cleared the committee along…
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Momentum behind U.S. crypto reform stalled again this week, as lawmakers quietly stepped back from a long-anticipated vote. The path to U.S. crypto regulation is stretching longer than many in Washington expected. The Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman confirmed…
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The recent crypto market rally experienced earlier this year stalled recently as traders booked profits. Bitcoin (BTC) price plunged from the year-to-date high of $94,500 to the current $90,000. Other top altcoins like Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) have also…
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The U.S. Senate has advanced a bipartisan funding bill late Sunday night that could end the ongoing government shutdown. The resolution of the shutdown could signal a fresh wave of optimism for risk assets like crypto, and these 3 altcoins…