Trump gave crypto everything he could. The industry still wants more.
The digital assets industry’s biggest advocacy group is launching a fresh lobbying push this week to lock in its early victories.
Cryptocurrency heavyweights’ fear is that US policymakers will check out for the midterm elections without enacting their top priority: legislation that would permanently overhaul how federal agencies regulate digital assets.
It’s not for lack of effort from President Donald Trump. Bonded to the industry through a mutual distrust of traditional finance and his own lucrative ventures, Trump has so far given crypto just about everything he promised on the trail; most recently, he signed orders targeting banks that discriminated against crypto firms and letting crypto compete for US retirement…
