Lawmakers are preparing to try again on major bill. What can happen next
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025.
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Lawmakers this week plan to revisit efforts to pass a market structure bill that will determine the crypto industry’s future in the U.S. — reviving legislative efforts that stagnated last year.
On Thursday, the Senate Agriculture and Banking Committees are expected to hold hearings on their respective parts of the crypto bill, where they might revise the text. This will lay the groundwork for establishing legislative guardrails for digital assets in the U.S. — a potential watershed moment for the crypto industry.
This is what you need to know about the market structure bill and efforts to pass it.
The bill’s objective
The so-called…
