
Former SEC/CFTC/House&Senate staffer. Now Policy@Paradigm. Perennial Optimist.
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Wondering why Genius didnt move forward on Thursday? Here’s the real scoop: First, the Trump stablecoins deal with Abu Dhabi was a big factor and created a lot of bad pressure on Dems to something about it. That probably was the first issue.
Rumor around town is Trump is going to issue an Executive Order at GENIUS singing ceremony that Bitcoin sales aren’t covered by capital gains taxes.
If you asked the average person in the Biden Admin or even the SEC/Treasury what they think about Vitalik Buterin, they’d say “who?”. That’s one issue crypto has in terms of US policy: a universal leader isn’t well known in govt. https://x.com/jbsdc/status/1813633513704571105?s=46&t=6pIOBuXCDYR3MDdqas9hTg
I’m about 90% GENIUS passes into law next week at this point. Vibe/whispers in DC are that the vast majority of people in Congress and policy circles want to finally craft some laws on stablecoins and begin the process of crafting a regime for this part of crypto. The main obstacles are banks, Trump, and nonprofits.