Trump, crypto and Stablecoin
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The stablecoin bill, known as the Genius Act, and the crypto market structure bill, known as the Clarity Act, both received notable bipartisan support. Democratic lawmakers joined with Republicans to pass the stablecoin bill 308-122.
As Trump prepares to sign the law, Consumer Reports' senior director monitoring digital marketplaces, Delicia Hand, told Ars that the group plans to work with other consumer advocates and the implementing regulator to try to close any gaps in the stablecoin legislation that would leave Americans vulnerable.
After an earlier setback for the Trump administration when House Republicans failed to advance a key procedural vote on a package of legislation including three crypto measures, President Donald Trump said late Tuesday he has made a deal with Republican members of Congress to advance the legislation on Wednesday.
Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies traded higher Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he expects the House to pass the GENIUS Act.
After a failed House vote, Trump says 11 of 12 key lawmakers now back advancing the GENIUS Act. One day after the U.S. House failed to advance a key crypto legislative proposal, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that 11 of the 12 key lawmakers needed to support the GENIUS Act have now agreed to support the rule to advance the bill.
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has the votes to advance the controversial Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins, also known as the GENIUS Act. The bill seeks to create a legal framework for stablecoins,
House Republican leaders’ plans to pass three industry-backed crypto regulatory measures hit a bump Tuesday as GOP conservatives broke with President Donald Trump on the path forward for the legislation.
Republicans who voted against the cryptocurrency regulation legislation objected to how the bills were structured.