Tag: House of Representatives
U.S. President Biden Vetoes Resolution Overturning SEC Guidance
Earlier Friday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a member of Biden's party who voted for the resolution, said the guidance creates a different standard for cr [...]
U.S. House’s Emmer Says Best Hope For Crypto Legislation Is Year-End Session
Despite the crypto industry's high-profile recent wins in Congress, major legislation faces a massive practical roadblock in the Senate, U.S. Rep. Tom [...]
Consensus 2024 Week: The House Passed a Market Structure Bill
The House of Representatives voting overwhelmingly in favor of a crypto market structure bill is an interesting prelude to CoinDesk's annual conferenc [...]
U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Federal Reserve From Issuing a CBDC
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U.S. House Approves Crypto FIT21 Bill With Wave of Democratic Support
"We need rules of the road," said Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), one of the Democrats who bucked the opposition of the White House and the ranking Dem [...]
SEC’s Gensler Going Rogue in Solo Quest to Stop U.S. Crypto Legislation?
The SEC's sister agency in policing the U.S. markets, the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC), has taken a strong pro-legislation position [...]
U.S. House Set to Vote for First Standalone Crypto Market Structure Bill
"The industry has superficially recovered this year, in part due to controversial approval of spot BTC ETPs by the Securities Exchange Commission," th [...]
U.S. President Biden Does Not Threaten Veto Against House Crypto Market Structure Bill, But 'Opposes Passage'
U.S President Joe Biden's White House published a statement of administrative policy Wednesday saying the administration opposed the passage of the Fi [...]
SEC’s Gensler Says House Bill Would ‘Undermine’ Regulator’s Crypto, Capital Markets Oversight
According to Gensler, FIT21 ignores long-standing precedent for how investment contracts are regulated, puts the agency into a tough position for cert [...]
Several U.S. House Democrats Petition Colleagues to Join Yes Side on Crypto Bill
"As Democrats, we feel this is a crucial opportunity to regulate the digital asset markets," the eight lawmakers wrote in the internal memo Tuesday as [...]
Crypto Industry Rallies Behind U.S. House Bill As it Heads Toward Final Vote
Through the Crypto Council for Innovation, a coalition of digital assets organizations and companies, including Coinbase, Kraken, Andreessen Horowitz, [...]
House Resolution to Overturn Controversial SEC Rule Likely to Pass in Senate: Sources
If signed by U.S. President Joe Biden, the House resolution would disapprove of the bulletin and block the SEC from issuing any similar guidance in th [...]
U.S. House’s McHenry Says Bill on Crypto Market Structure Will Get Floor Vote
The bill, which had also been approved by the House Agriculture Committee, is the "culmination of years of bipartisan efforts to finally provide clari [...]
Stablecoin Bill Could be Ready for the U.S. House Soon Says Top Democrat Maxine Waters: Bloomberg
Congressional movement, both in the Senate and the House, on stablecoin legislation picked up pace in the past few weeks. Waters said that the U.S. Fe [...]
U.S. House's Spending Bill Aims to Hamstring SEC's Gensler Amid His Crypto Crackdown
As the U.S. House of Representatives weighs legislation on next year's spending, a provision was added on Wednesday that would deprive funding from U. [...]