The House of Representatives’ recent passage of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21), colloquially dubbed the “crypto bill,” has experts cautiously optimistic about ...

The Situation: The United States lacks a regulatory framework geared toward digital assets. This raises consumer protection concerns, causes regulatory turf battles and duplicative enforcement actions ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 20, 2018: The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United State Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of ...

FIT21 attempts to divide digital assets into two categories—Restricted Digital Assets and Digital Commodities—with the former subject to SEC jurisdiction, and the latter under the CFTC. Under the ...

FIT21 is the first digital asset legislation in United States history to pass in either chamber of Congress — the House of Representatives, in this case. It did so with strong bipartisan support; 71 ...

Republican lawmakers in the United States House Financial Services Committee announced that the House of Representatives will vote on legislation clarifying the roles of financial regulators over ...

Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) chairs the powerful House Financial Services Committee, and has been the leading Republican on the panel for years. Last year, he spent a few weeks as the Speaker ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve a new bipartisan pro-crypto bill known as the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21. The bill had come ...

CoinDesk held its annual Consensus conference in Austin, Texas last week, where we heard from lawmakers and regulators, developers, company execs and all sorts of other people in and around this ...

The House voted 279 to 136 on Wednesday to pass the much heralded Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21), which has been cast as a major win for the industry considering ...