The cryptocurrency industry has descended on Washington, D.C., over the past year, becoming a key political force with allies at the highest rungs of the Trump administration after years of being spurned by major policymakers. With the inauguration of President Trump, the crypto world was welcomed into D.C. with open arms, where it found purchase with Republican leaders — and a contingent of Democrats — securing long-sought regulatory wins. “I’ve been working on crypto policy for eight years, and everything has always taken longer than I expected, except for [2025],” said Miller Whitehouse-Levine, founder and CEO of ... (full story)