
Senate CBDC ban puts Fed digital dollar on ice until 2030
Senate passed a housing bill with a four-year Fed CBDC ban, moving a digital dollar block toward the House and Trump’s desk for final votes.

Senate passed a housing bill with a four-year Fed CBDC ban, moving a digital dollar block toward the House and Trump’s desk for final votes.

A bill that would make crypto mining and staking more attractive is a top priority for industry leaders—and a growing concern for House Democrats.

The bill could streamline crypto taxation, reducing compliance burdens and fostering greater institutional investment in blockchain technologies.

Republican Rep. Bryan Steil has introduced the Stop Lawmakers from Predicting Act, a bill that would bar House members, their spouses and their children from wagering on political and policy outcomes via prediction markets. A New Line Between Lawmaking and Betting Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), chairman of the Committee on House Administration, unveiled the measure […]

A new US House bill seeks to ban members of Congress and their families from wagering on political and policy outcomes.

House lawmakers will review how digital assets could support people living under repressive governments or failing financial systems, tying cryptocurrency access to U.S. national security. House Roundtable Will Review Digital Assets and Repressive Financial Systems A congressional announcement issued June 18 scheduled a June 25 roundtable on how digital assets may help people facing repressive […]

The bill is meant to curb potential insider trading, blocking lawmakers and family members from policy-related prediction market bets.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act sits on the Senate calendar eligible for a floor vote, with House Agriculture digital-assets subcommittee chair Dusty Johnson signaling a fast House companion. The bill needs at least seven Democratic votes to clear the 60-vote cloture threshold before the

The CLARITY Act is on the Senate floor calendar and the House will move fast. Now it comes down to finding seven Democratic votes before the August recess.

Proposed crypto tax changes could limit loss-harvesting strategies by extending wash sale and constructive sale rules to many digital assets, while providing limited exemptions for certain categories of crypto activity. House Proposal Would Bring Crypto Trades Under Wash Sale Restrictions House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) on June 17 issued a press release highlighting H.R. […]

A bicameral deal on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act revives a provision barring the Fed from issuing a digital dollar until 2030.

The CBDC ban signals a strong bipartisan stance against government-issued digital currencies, impacting future financial innovation and global competitiveness.

US Senate and House leaders have jointly released an updated version of a housing legislation that includes a CBDC ban.

The US could soon temporarily ban a central bank digital currency, as House and Senate leaders came to a deal on a housing bill inclusive of a ban.

House tax lawmakers reviewed eight digital asset tax proposals seeking clearer rules for crypto payments, mining, staking, donations, and compliance. The measures aim to reduce paperwork for digital asset users while establishing clearer tax treatment for key activities across the sector. House Tax Panel Reviews Eight Digital Asset Tax Proposals The House Ways and Means […]

Japan's lower house passed a bill amending the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to regulate crypto like stocks, opening a path to regulated ETFs by 2027 and cutting the capital-gains tax from up to 55% to a flat 20%. Upper-house passage is pending; the reform is not yet law.
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