BREAKING: US House Takes Up Game-Changing GENIUS Bill – Crypto’s Next Big Leap?

Washington just fired the starting gun on digital asset regulation—and the race could redefine finance.

The GENIUS Bill Hits the Floor

Lawmakers are now wrestling with legislation that might finally give crypto its grown-up rulebook. No more wild west—just structured innovation (and probably some loopholes for Wall Street to exploit).

Why TradFi Should Sweat

This isn’t another toothless study group. The bill’s framework could let decentralized protocols compete directly with banks—assuming politicians don’t water it down with last-minute bank lobbyist amendments.

The Bottom Line

Whether this becomes crypto’s Magna Carta or another bureaucratic paperweight depends on Congress actually doing something useful for once. Place your bets—the house always wins.

House lawmakers push to merge the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts

The debate centers on the CLARITY Act. The bill creates an overarching structure for developing a cryptocurrency market, dictating how digital assets should be treated (e.g., as securities, commodities, or something else) and which federal agencies should oversee them.

Whereas the GENIUS Act targets stablecoins, the CLARITY Act is meant to fill a regulatory gap for the entire crypto market, covering trading platforms, tokens, and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects.

Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer supports merging the two bills, arguing that stablecoin rules should be part of a broader market structure reform.

The CLARITY Act has already been passed by committee markup in the House of Representatives, so it has been debated and worked on in depth. But it has not yet reached the House floor for a full vote, and the Senate has not tackled it.

Combining the two bills would slow the ultimate passage of GENIUS and send it back to the Senate, perhaps to negotiate again.

Yet some lawmakers maintain that a joint package would provide the US with an all-inclusive legal system for digital assets, helping to clarify regulatory uncertainty and bolster investor protections.

Trump urges swift passage without changes

Following the Senate’s passage of the GENIUS Act, US President TRUMP urged the House to pass the stablecoin bill without modification. Trump wants a clean passage of the GENIUS Act by the House of Representatives, pushing for the bill to reach his desk “ASAP.”

Trump characterized the legislation as “incredible” and “pure GENIUS,” asserting confidently that this was American brilliance at its best, and they would show the world how to win with digital assets like never before. He described stablecoins as a key innovation in modern finance and signaled strong support for their regulation.

Your crypto news deserves attention - KEY Difference Wire puts you on 250+ top sites