Efforts to advance the market structure bill in both the Senate Banking Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee underscored the gap that remains between Republicans and crypto-friendly Democrats on key issues after months of negotiations, while an intractable dispute between the crypto and banking industries has further complicated the push. “We’re in a midterm election year. The legislative window is going to close early,” said Brian Gardner, chief Washington policy strategist for the wealth management and investment banking company Stifel. “With a lot of issues yet to be resolved on the bill and it lacking ... (full story)