According to @EleanorTerrett, Chairman John Boozman said the Senate Agriculture Committee has postponed its crypto market structure markup to the last week of January to maintain bipartisan support, source: @EleanorTerrett on X, Jan 12, 2026. The markup was originally planned for Thursday at the same time as the Senate Banking Committee, meaning there will be no dueling markups this week, source: @EleanorTerrett on X, Jan 12, 2026. For traders, this shifts the U.S. crypto policy catalyst from this Thursday to late January, adjusting event-risk expectations for regulatory headlines, source: @EleanorTerrett on X, Jan 12, 2026. No immediate advancement of the Agriculture Committee’s market-structure text is expected this week given the postponement, source: @EleanorTerrett on X, Jan 12, 2026.

According to @EleanorTerrett, the Senate Agriculture Committee spent months building a bipartisan crypto market structure discussion draft, but negotiations have hit turbulence late in the process. @EleanorTerrett added that the House Agriculture Committee passed its portion of the CLARITY framework with a 47-6 bipartisan vote last summer. Reporter Jasper Goodman reported that Chair John Boozman is finalizing a new market structure draft planned for a Jan. 15 markup, but the current draft does not have Democratic buy-in. For traders, the immediate policy milestone to monitor is the Jan. 15 markup timeline reported by Goodman.

According to @EleanorTerrett, Senator John Boozman said the Senate Agriculture Committee is committed to holding a markup for its market structure bill in early December, indicating a near-term procedural milestone for U.S. digital asset regulation, source: Eleanor Terrett on X, Nov 12, 2025. The Senate Agriculture Committee oversees the CFTC, making this markup particularly relevant for proposals that could expand CFTC authority over digital commodity spot markets, source: U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry official site and Office of Senator John Boozman press release on the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act (2022). A committee markup is the formal session to debate and amend bill text before a vote, which traders track for timing signals on regulatory clarity, source: Congressional Research Service report on Senate committee markups. For positioning, monitor the committee calendar for the final date and any released text or amendments, and note that crypto-exposed equities and exchanges highlight regulatory change as a material business risk, source: U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee calendar and Coinbase Global, Inc. Form 10-K risk factors.