Legislation News

Follow crypto legislation news, proposed bills, lawmaker debates, and policy frameworks shaping the future of digital assets.

Updated July 15, 2026 · 1:21 PM UTC

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A bright, cinematic scene shows a clear, padlocked custody box of Bitcoin, Ether, and USDC on a wooden desk with California’s bear emblem and Capitol dome in the background, symbolizing in-kind protection of unclaimed crypto.

Legislation

What California ban on forced crypto liquidation really means

New statute curbs forced liquidation; we map who’s covered and what’s not.

Gino Matos 4 min read 9 months ago

A bright daytime scene shows the U.S. Capitol with glowing teal “crypto rails” and red regulatory ribbons converging on merging tracks toward a golden justice scale, flanked by a brass padlock with a fingerprint chip and Ethereum/DeFi logos to symbolize the fight over control of U.S. crypto infrastructure.

DeFi

Will the Senate’s leaked DeFi bill drain what’s left of US liquidity?

The proposed Senate bill seeks to impose KYC on DeFi, sparking fears of an exodus to offshore liquidity platforms.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo 4 min read 9 months ago

Senator Cynthia Lummis beside the U.S. Capitol as golden Bitcoin coins pass through a glowing green threshold with justice scales and rising market arrows in the background.

Legislation

Senator Lummis pushes tax break for small Bitcoin payments. Could it unlock everyday adoption?

By easing tax rules, Senator Lummis hopes to shift Bitcoin from an investment tool to a day-to-day currency.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo 4 min read 9 months ago

More Legislation News & Analysis

Photorealistic iPhone with a Bitcoin wallet screen sends glowing data streams to an Apple iCloud cloud beside a UK emblem and Big Ben, hinting at government access risk to keys.

Featured

Will Apple give governments Bitcoin private key backups via $80M iCloud backdoor?

iCloud Keychain stays encrypted end-to-end, but backups, Photos, and Notes don’t. Here’s how a UK-only carve-out could open a small but real attack surface for Bitcoin private keys.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright 7 min read 9 months ago

A bright, cinematic view of the U.S. Capitol behind barricades with a glowing Bitcoin coin and floating probability curves in the sky, symbolizing shutdown risks and market odds.

Featured

What happens to Bitcoin policy and liquidity if US government shuts down?

Prediction markets put shutdown odds near 80% for 2025; a lapse would slow crypto progress until calendars reset.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright 5 min read 10 months ago

conference table shows SEC and CFTC seals facing each other with a glowing blockchain node linking Bitcoin and Ethereum tokens under the Capitol dome, symbolizing a joint “crypto clarity” roundtable.

Regulation

Will today’s 1pm joint meeting change Bitcoin rules? ‘It’s a new day,’ say SEC–CFTC

SEC, CFTC convene joint “crypto clarity” roundtable at 1pm EST, outlining jurisdiction and spot-market paths.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright 6 min read 10 months ago

A bright cinematic Senate hearing room shows scales of justice, microphones, and glowing Bitcoin, Ethereum, Coinbase, and Coin Center logos beside a symbolic tax form and calendar icon.

Taxes

Senate Finance Committee to scrutinize digital asset taxation in Oct. 1 hearing

Coinbase and Coin Center executives are slated to discuss digital asset taxation at the upcoming hearing amid looming government shutdown risk.

Assad Jafri 2 min read 10 months ago

A bright, cinematic 16:9 scene shows a glowing Earth split by a luminous fault line with cool blue Western skylines and USDC/PayPal tokens balanced against warm red-gold Eastern skylines with Tether and a yuan-emblem coin on a metallic seesaw.

Stablecoins

East vs West crypto cold war emerges in battle for the first trillion dollar stablecoin

Will non-USD rails break as AxCNH joins $463M ruble bloc push amid $2T target?

Liam 'Akiba' Wright 7 min read 10 months ago

Analysis

US Bitcoin reserve could drain 40k BTC faster than miners mint in the next 90 days

Treasury’s Digital Fort Knox plan could lock coins while 20k monthly ETF inflows press the float.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright 7 min read 10 months ago

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A sunlit Michigan State Capitol stands beside a glowing state outline and an open vault stuffed with Bitcoins, with rolled legislative scrolls in the foreground to suggest a progressing reserve bill

Legislation

Michigan revives crypto and Bitcoin reserve bill as digital asset momentum builds

2 min read 10 months ago

Tether’s USAT and Circle’s USDC are depicted in a dramatic clash, symbolizing the fight for dominance in the trillion-dollar stablecoin market - Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate.

Stablecoins

After USDT’s global victory Circle’s USDC battles Tether’s USAT in $650B USA showdown

6 min read 10 months ago

Exchanges

Gemini stock could sink if yield ambitions die under harsh SEC settlement terms

7 min read 10 months ago

The U.S. Capitol dome glows beside a large golden Bitcoin symbol against a deep blue backdrop.

Legislation

Bitcoin advocates form ‘Treasury Council’ to push for corporate adoption in Congress

2 min read 10 months ago