Congress and Crypto

Congress and Crypto

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


Congress Passed Funding Now Crypto is Taking The Stage Again

20 Jan 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Cje95 $0.16

A couple of days ago news broke from Politico that Republicans on the House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees were "shopping" a revised version of the historic legislation the two Committees passed last July, H.R. 4763, the Financial Inno...

Yes, SBF Still Might Face Additional Charges....

3 Jan 2024 6 minute read 1 comment Cje95 $0.19

Huge news broke yesterday about SBF and how the Prosecutors informed the court that they won't be moving forward with the second trial. The reaction to this has been swift and loud from both people in and outside the crypto space with both sides agre...

The Status of Crypto Legislation in the U.S. Congress

11 Nov 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Cje95 $0.83

To say anything than the last month and a half to two months in Congress has been pure insanity would be an outright lie but finally with a Speaker in place and policy starting to move again. The next biggest thing is clear and that is passing anothe...

Patrick McHenry Takes Over as Interim House Speaker

4 Oct 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Cje95 $0.72

I have to admit by the end of work today everyone was shellshocked with how the day was planned out. While we knew a vote was coming none of us had figured it would lead to the removal of now Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. For better or worse t...

Crypto on the Hill: Briefing with Brain Armstrong, Melissa Strait, Faryar Shirzad, and Paul Grewal

1 Oct 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Cje95 $0.88

Two days ago I was invited and attended a Congressional Staff briefing with some of the top people at Coinbase speaking and answering questions. Given how insane the last couple of weeks have been on The Hill I did not put two and two together about...

The SEC Prepares for Shutdown After White House Issues Shutdown Warning

25 Sep 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Cje95 $1.13

Last week SEC Chairman Gary Gensler warned that without funding come October 1st, the SEC will start being run by what he called a skeleton crew. Today the White House issued a "shutdown warning" to all Federal Departments and Agencies so that the es...

A Skeleton Crew of Workers is About to be all That's Left at the SEC

23 Sep 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95 $1.56

Even though House Republicans continue to work and Members and Staff have been advised they could be recalled to DC for votes the likelihood of a spending bill coming together this weekend is practically zero. The issue that has been hampering the Ho...

House Financial Service Ranking Member Maxine Waters Crypto History

21 Sep 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Cje95 $0.64

Maxine Waters is the Democratic Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee. This Committee has been in the headlines a lot in the last few months because of the crypto legislation that they have been pushing through with bipartisan supp...

U.S. Government Budget Runs Out in 13 Days Before A Government Shutdown Goes Into Effect

18 Sep 2023 3 minute read 7 comments Cje95 $0.97

A growing number of people have begun to hear that the U.S. Federal Government is about to "run out of money" or shut down. Now this isn't like a person running out of money the issue is Congress has not passed a unified budget for the Federal Govern...

Update on Crypto Legislation on Capitol Hill

17 Sep 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95 $0.78

An update on where crypto legislation stands on Capitol Hill. This week has been the first time that the House of Representatives has been in session since the House Financial Services passed through a ton of various bipartisan GOOD crypto legislatio...