Six senators from the U.S. questioned Deputy Attorney General Todd W. Blanche about possible conflicts of interest concerning his role in the enforcement of cryptocurrencies at the Department of Justice (DOJ). In January 2026, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher Coons, and Richard Blumenthal
Coinbase’s withdrawal from the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act effort is leading to a degree of political backlash in Washington, and the crypto regulation bill currently deemed to have the most potential is losing steam. It is indicative of how easy it is for crypto regulation wins to slip through
Senior members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee have called upon the Senate Banking Committee to exploit the so-called developer protections proposed in the current version of the cryptocurrency market structure bill, citing that the bill may obstruct the enforcement of federal law relating to money transmission. The letter was
