2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (533+ words) Federal Election Commission filings show the Fairshake affiliate funded media supporting incumbent Representative Shri Thanedar and opposing state Representative Donavan McKinney ahead of the August 4 election. The spending follows Protect Progress’ intervention in the same district during the 2024 election, when…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (640+ words) A near-final draft of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act began circulating Wednesday as the U.S. Senate prepares for what may be its last push to pass the crypto industry’s long-sought market structure bill before its summer recess. The draft includes…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (573+ words) The White House has agreed to include ethics restrictions in the Senate’s Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, addressing one of the disputes delaying a floor vote on the crypto market-structure bill. The language was negotiated with Republican Senators Cynthia Lummis…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (486+ words) Coinbase Vice Chair Ryan VanGrack said Democratic senators have secured customer-protection provisions in negotiations over the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. VanGrack said Democrats strengthened the Senate bill but did not specify which provisions had been revised. Lawmakers had not…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (526+ words) The bill converts an experimental cross-border settlement regime into a permanent legal structure. That pilot, created by a 2024 law and running since September 2024, allows the Bank of Russia to authorize digital currency payments under foreign trade contracts between Russian residents…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (542+ words) President Donald Trump has agreed to accept ethics language in a major U.S. crypto market structure bill for the CLARITY ACT. However, lawmakers have not released the wording. The provision is part of talks over the CLARITY Act, which would create…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (586+ words) Russia’s State Duma is expected to hold the second and third readings of a bill creating a regulated domestic cryptocurrency market on Tuesday, July 21. The Financial Market Committee recommended that lawmakers advance Bill No. 1194918-8, titled “On Digital Currency and Digital…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (697+ words) Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger said the crypto industry is not trying to dictate the ethics provisions holding up the U.S. Senate’s market-structure bill. Speaking at the Injective Summit in Washington on July 16, Mersinger said lawmakers were close to agreement on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (586+ words) Stephen “Cap” Newnham, head of Solana community group Superteam UK, said he will stand as an independent in Britain’s Clacton parliamentary by-election. Newnham is seeking the seat against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage with five pledges covering local business, technology…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (530+ words) Senator Bernie Moreno confirmed the White House meeting, saying senators plan to update the president on the legislation and its path to passage. Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the bill’s lead architects, is also expected to attend. Senator Thom Tillis,…...