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US Treasury Secretary Presses Senate To Pass Crypto Market Structure Legislation
US Treasury Secretary Presses Senate To Pass Crypto Market Structure Legislation
Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com,
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a Senate panel Wednesday that passing comprehensive crypto legislation is essential to securing U.S. financial leadership and protecting the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency, using an appearance before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to amplify a push for legislation that has stalled on Capitol Hill for months.
Bessent testified at a hearing reviewing President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request for the Department of the Treasury. During the...
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