State of Crypto: 2025 in review
A lot happened in policy tied to crypto this year. Congress passed — and the president signed — the first major piece of crypto legislation...
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State of Crypto: Trying to figure out the market structure bill’s prognosis
There were no markup hearings this past week on market structure legislation. Lawmakers are still holding their firm positions close to the vest. The question...
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Most Influential 2025’s Honorable Mentions
The cryptocurrency industry is ever-growing and ever-changing, and it’s difficult to summarize the year’s zeitgeist with 50 names alone. To wrap up CoinDesk’s Most Influential...
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PayPal, issuer of PYUSD, applies for Utah industrial bank license
Payments company PayPal (PYPL) applied for a Utah industrial bank license, it said Monday, with the goal of creating a lending arm called PayPal Bank....
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Crypto market structure bill: no hearing before 2026
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will not have any markup hearings on market structure legislation defining how federal regulators can oversee the industry until next...
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State of Crypto: Policymakers Dominated Most Influential 2025
CoinDesk began presenting its annual Most Influential list this week, recognizing the individuals and groups we believe had the greatest impact on the crypto industry...
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Prediction Markets: CFTC Lets Polymarket, PredictIt, LedgerX Off Certain Requirements
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued no-action letters to the operators of prediction markets platforms Polymarket, PredictIt, Gemini and LedgerX/MIAX on Thursday, announcing that...
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Most Influential: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is poised to become a primary market regulator for cryptocurrencies and businesses, should legislation pending before Congress become law....
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Most Influential: Sen. Bill Hagerty
The Tennessee Republican sponsored the first piece of stablecoin legislation to become a U.S. law. By Nikhilesh De|Edited by Cheyenne Ligon Updated Dec 8, 2025,...
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Most Influential: Ross Ulbricht
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht served 12 years of a double life sentence (plus another 40 years) before U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned him in...
