In a rare occurrence, which may only last for a week, Democrats in the Senate showed some spine and voted down an important procedural vote on the GENIUS Act, a bill that would establish a (very weak) regulatory framework for the use of stablecoins.

The crypto industry is brushing off a failed vote on a stablecoin bill in the Senate, underscoring recent progress and the hope that this isn’t the end of the line for crypto legislation.

Stablecoin and market structure bills are the two big things around crypto that Congress is expected to get to President Donald Trump's desk this year. There was a press conference by crypto and AI czar David Sacks with the chairs of the House and Senate committees. Everyone had this rough deadline of "before the August recess."