Ripple Chief Executive Officer Brad Garlinghouse is pressing Washington to convert its rhetorical support for digital assets into binding law, warning that a narrowing legislative calendar threatens to delay a landmark market-structure bill beyond the November midterm elections.

In a social media post on Sept. 3, Garlinghouse declared that making the United States the “crypto capital of the world” remains “within reach,” while urging policymakers to “finish the job.” His remarks came in response to Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig, who had reflected on an Aug. 19 White House gathering that assembled senior administration officials, federal financial regulators and executives from some of the largest companies…