It also opens the door for crypto to leave the speculative Wild West and move into the financial mainstream. Companies like PayPal, Visa, and BlackRock are already building on blockchain rails. Now, they can do it with a legal framework behind them.

Crypto executives poured millions into Trump’s campaign, and now he’s helping to make their priorities into law.

In a week of landmark legislative wins for the crypto industry, the U.S. House of Representatives has now passed all three key bills — the CLARITY Act, the GENIUS Act, and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act. But despite what many in the industry have called a historic breakthrough, markets are barely reacting.

The House voted to advance key crypto bills on Wednesday, after more than 9 hours of negotiations, President Trump intervention.

Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies traded higher Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he expects the House to pass the GENIUS Act.

House Republican leaders’ plan to pass three industry-backed crypto regulatory measures appeared to be back on course Tuesday night after President Donald Trump said he had convinced holdout conservatives to move forward with the legislation.