WASHINGTON — Crypto interests are having a heyday in Washington, with Congress passing rules to govern the industry at breakneck speed and regulators welcoming their entry into the broader banking system. 

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But community bankers want to make it known that crypto’s moment has come at a price. Senate Republicans refused to even vote on banks’ favored changes to a stablecoin yield provision in the fast-moving crypto market structure legislation, the CLARITY Act, during the bill’s markup last month. Regulators, for their part, are handing out a number of charters to nontraditional financial companies, which bank groups say amounts to those companies taking on traditional banking activities with much weaker…