U.S. Senate back to crypto talks as industry’s make-or-break bill faces time crunch
U.S. senators met Tuesday to begin talks again on the crypto bill that will set the market structure for digital assets, according to people familiar with the situation, though no further accords have been announced on the several points of debate between Democratic and Republican negotiators.
One of those meeting today, Senator John Kennedy, told Punchbowl News that the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Tim Scott, was planning for a bill markup next week on January 15. The committee would likely have to release an updated draft bill before the markup, but the latest draft was shared months ago.
After months of back-and-forth that failed to reach a finished product in last year’s congressional session, the process begins anew for…
