Congress and Crypto

Congress and Crypto

News and updates on all of the latest Congressional hearings, legislation, rumors, and more!


Biden Administration Failures Directly Led to the FBI Polymarket CEO Raid

15 Nov 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Cje95

As many know the FBI raided Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan's home seizing his phone and the good ol' open-ended answer of "electronics". I had a pretty solid hunch what it was over and yesterday evening it was confirmed when I saw it dealt with the DOJ...

The Fate of BTC Legislation During the 118th Congress

14 Nov 2024 3 minute read 3 comments Cje95

TL;DR Since the election has occurred it is highly unlikely we will see any BTC or crypto legislation be passed into law this year. Due to the Republican sweep of the election next year, they can easily move legislation through and get it signed into...

The Five Crypto Bills Discussed Today in the House Financial Services Comittee

19 Sep 2024 4 minute read 2 comments Cje95

At 10:00 am this morning the House Financial Services Committee will be holding a hearing titled "Dazed and Confused: Breaking Down the SEC’s Politicized Approach to Digital Assets" which you can watch via the website that I have linked or through Yo...

Comments on Sen. Leader Schumer's Comments on Crypto Legislation

27 Aug 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Cje95

Last week at an event called "Crypto4Harris" Senator Leader Chuck Schumer came out and said he supported and thought a crypto bill could pass the Senate this year. Sounds great right? Finally, someone is doing something?!? Well of course there are so...

The Interesting Case for the US to Greenlight Dollar Pegged Stalecoins

30 Jul 2024 2 minute read 4 comments Cje95

A week and a half ago I was attending the second of a three-part series covering BTC. These sessions were quite interesting because they would bring together people, from CleanSpark, Riot Platforms, Marathon Digital, and others. It was during this se...

Monumental Crypto Legislation Vote Tomorrow: The Legislation Breakdown

21 May 2024 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95

On Tuesday, May 21 the House Rules Committee is going to vote on a rule that would send two enormous pieces of crypto legislation to the House Floor for a vote. These two bills have previously passed out of Committee with bipartisan support (much to...

Breaking down House Financial Services Committee Democrats Anti Crypto Mixer Leg

9 May 2024 3 minute read 3 comments Cje95

Late yesterday afternoon news broke of the House Financial Services Committee Democrats' new crypto legislation. First things first I want to acknowledge the monster in the room concerning this and don't worry this legislation is already dead on arri...

More Bad News for the SEC and Gary Gensler WHOOP WHOOP!!!

7 May 2024 2 minute read 5 comments Cje95

It takes a special kind of stupid to do what Gary Gensler has done and appears to currently continues to do. Why do I mention this? Well because the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Patrick McHenry has taken to X to announce the fol...

Vatalik's Massive $665 Million Donation to a Small Nonprofit is Looking Pretty Suspicious

27 Mar 2024 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95

As the AI space continues to innovate and become more integrated into life various groups across the spectrum are taking notice and beginning to make their moves. AI, much like crypto before it, has seen countless nonprofit and coalition groups appea...

Key Points From 2 of 3 Chainalysis Briefs

22 Mar 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Cje95

Today was the second Chainalysis's Crypto Crime series webinar and like you would expect dove further into the illicit activity that occurs on the blockchain. In total four sections were discussed in today's session each with some extremely interesti...