According to @AltcoinDaily, Paul Atkins said it "remains to be seen" whether the United States will take Venezuela’s reported $60 billion in Bitcoin (BTC), a development traders are tracking for regulatory context around sovereign crypto holdings (source: Altcoin Daily on X, Jan 12, 2026: https://x.com/AltcoinDaily/status/2010788361485881752). According to @AltcoinDaily, Atkins also stated he is focused on the crypto market structure bill, signaling ongoing attention to digital asset market rules that market participants monitor for compliance and venue implications (source: Altcoin Daily on X, Jan 12, 2026: https://x.com/AltcoinDaily/status/2010788361485881752). According to @AltcoinDaily, the post includes a video clip of the remarks for direct review by market participants (source: Altcoin Daily on X, Jan 12, 2026: https://x.com/AltcoinDaily/status/2010788361485881752).

According to @jchervinsky, U.S. banks are pressing Congress to ban rewards on U.S.-issued stablecoins, which he characterizes as a national security issue with direct market-structure consequences, not just incumbent protection, source: @jchervinsky (X, Dec 31, 2025). According to @jchervinsky, the GENIUS Act delivered a strategic win for U.S. dollar dominance by enabling rewards on compliant dollar stablecoins, source: @jchervinsky (X, Dec 31, 2025). According to @jchervinsky, revisiting or banning stablecoin rewards would hand a competitive advantage to China and other non-U.S. alternatives, source: @jchervinsky (X, Dec 31, 2025). According to @jchervinsky citing @faryarshirzad, the People’s Bank of China plans to pay interest on the Digital Yuan (e-CNY), highlighting direct competitive pressure against U.S.-ruled stablecoins, source: @faryarshirzad (X, Dec 31, 2025) as cited by @jchervinsky (X, Dec 31, 2025). According to @jchervinsky, Senate negotiations on the market structure bill are pivotal because mishandling stablecoin rewards could grant non-U.S. stablecoins and CBDCs a critical edge and undermine the primacy of U.S.-regulated dollar stablecoins as future settlement instruments, source: @jchervinsky (X, Dec 31, 2025). According to @jchervinsky, tokenization is the future and preserving stablecoin rewards is integral to maintaining U.S. dollar primacy in on-chain settlement, source: @jchervinsky (X, Dec 31, 2025).

According to the source, crypto industry leaders at the Blockchain Association’s annual policy summit in Washington, D.C., showed a clear split between those pushing to pass a U.S. crypto market structure bill quickly and others insisting they would rather have no bill than accept a bad bill, source: the source. For trading, this visible division indicates the timeline and contours of U.S. crypto market structure rules remain uncertain, a backdrop historically associated with elevated asset volatility and risk premia, source: the source; Baker, Bloom, and Davis (2016). Traders should manage headline risk around U.S. legislative developments on market structure and adjust position sizing and hedges to account for uncertainty-driven volatility regimes, source: Baker, Bloom, and Davis (2016).

According to @iampaulgrewal, he joined the FBI’s DSAC to discuss how blockchain analytics helps fight crime, underscoring law enforcement use of on-chain analysis relevant to compliance-focused trading strategies. Source: @iampaulgrewal on X, Nov 20, 2025. According to @iampaulgrewal, the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced Mike Selig’s nomination to lead the CFTC, marking progress on US derivatives oversight that frames crypto market regulation. Source: @iampaulgrewal on X, Nov 20, 2025. According to @iampaulgrewal, he met with lawmakers who are moving a market structure measure for the President to sign, highlighting active legislative momentum that traders should watch for timelines and scope. Source: @iampaulgrewal on X, Nov 20, 2025.