US Congress

US Congress

2026-09-30 15:10:15

Senate Majority Leader Thune Says Congress May Raise Debt Ceiling After Midterm Elections

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Thune said Congress may raise the debt ceiling after the midterm elections, according to a Sept. 30 update cited by BlockBeats. The brief statement points to a possible post-election move on the U.S. debt ceiling, though no detailed timetable or policy plan was included in the report. The update names Thune and places the potential action after the midterm elections, but provides no additional comments, vote count, or legislative schedule. The report was published by BlockBeats on Sept. 30.

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Policy Regula

2026-09-25 20:26:40

Former CFTC commissioner Summer Mersinger to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY setback

Summer Mersinger, a former commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is set to step down as CEO of the Blockchain Association on Oct. 16 and leave the crypto advocacy group at the end of the year. The organization said former chief executive Kristin Smith will return as interim CEO. Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in June 2025 after resigning from the CFTC three years before her second term was due to end. In a statement on her departure, she said she moved from the federal commodities regulator to the association because she believed the crypto industry needed clear rules and a credible, unified voice in Washington. The Blockchain Association pointed to her work advancing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, or GENIUS Act, and efforts tied to regulatory clarity at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the CFTC. Its announcement did not mention the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a bill the group had repeatedly urged lawmakers to support. Earlier this month, that legislation failed to secure enough Democratic and Republican votes in a cloture motion, a result that many experts expect will leave it stalled until 2027.

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Coinbase

2026-09-16 00:44:00

Coinbase CEO says crypto industry can’t keep waiting on Congress as SEC and CFTC already have tools to write rules

The U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, leaving the proposed crypto market structure bill stalled for now. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said that while bipartisan talks may continue, the industry can no longer rely on Congress alone to move the regulatory process forward. He said the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission already have the tools, under their existing authority, to establish clearer rules and are expected to begin formally setting regulatory standards for the crypto sector. Armstrong also said the GENIUS stablecoin bill has already become more flexible on incentives, and that some concessions made during CLARITY negotiations may no longer need to be maintained. He added that as regulation becomes clearer, crypto technology will keep driving updates to the financial system.

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Policy Regula

2026-09-15 18:31:03

Bipartisan talks appear to have ended as Sen. Lummis pushes for support on the Clarity Act

A Fox Business crypto reporter said in a post on X that Sen. Cynthia Lummis, described as the author of the Clarity Act, is lobbying ahead of a vote and urging Democrats to back the bill. According to the reporter, Republicans have made major concessions on ethics rules and other provisions in an effort to move the legislation forward. In a reference to the reporter’s previous post, the same update said bipartisan negotiations now appear to have ended abruptly. The report did not provide more detail on what specifically caused the talks to stop, but framed Lummis’s outreach as part of a final push to secure Democratic support for the measure.

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US Congress

2026-09-14 06:45:56

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson Says Congress Won’t Lead an Emergency AI Brake

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Congress will not take the lead in slamming the brakes on artificial intelligence development, arguing that lawmakers should not rush into an emergency pause order. According to BlockBeats, Johnson said companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic could halt work on their own if they genuinely believe continued development is too dangerous, rather than waiting for the government to step in. Johnson also said AI needs safety guardrails and added that he would be willing to bring lawmakers back for a vote once a mature plan is ready. At the same time, he stressed that the United States should not constrain itself through regulation. Instead, he said he would prefer to see Trump, Congress, and several leading AI companies sit down first and clarify the rules.

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Paradigm

2026-09-09 01:03:15

Paradigm policy lead says Clarity Act still alive as banks prepare lobbying push

Paradigm’s head of government affairs pushed back on claims that the Clarity Act is all but doomed, saying that view is not credible. According to the post, much of the pessimism is coming either from anonymous staffers who were not involved in the core negotiations and are trying to shape public opinion, or from lawmakers using media comments to pressure the White House and Senate leadership into meeting their demands. The Paradigm executive also said major banks plan to spend heavily next week on lobbying and advertising tied to the bill. In that account, such spending would make little sense if the legislation were already certain to fail. The timing remains tight: the Senate returns on Monday, while the House is set to recess five days later on Friday. Even so, the post argued that the bill is far from dead and said people declaring that it has no path forward are either chasing attention or trying to create a narrative that the legislation has already failed.

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Crypto Clarit

2026-09-07 03:41:32

Lummis Warns: Crypto Clarity Act Could Be Delayed Until 2030 If Not Passed This Congress

Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis warned on X that if the Crypto Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) is not passed in the current Congress, the next real opportunity may not come until 2030. She said delaying legislation could cost years of jobs, investment, and tax revenue. Lummis, chair of the Digital Assets Subcommittee, is a key proponent of the bill. The Senate procedural vote, seen as a make-or-break moment, is scheduled for next week.

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Cynthia Lummi

2026-09-07 01:37:46

Lummis says failure to pass CLARITY Act this Congress could push next opening to 2030

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis said on X that if the CLARITY Act does not pass during the current Congress, the next chance to bring market structure legislation back could be delayed until 2030. Her comment framed the current legislative window as unusually limited. Lummis also said that getting the bill done now would help avoid losing years of jobs, investment, and tax revenue. The remark did not add details on the bill’s timetable beyond that warning, but it underscored the stakes she attaches to the current push. The statement came directly from the senator’s social media post cited in the source material.

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