State of Crypto


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State of Crypto: Policymakers Dominated Most Influential 2025

CoinDesk is unveiling its annual list of the individuals who have shaped the crypto industry and the discourse around it this year.


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State of Crypto: Wrapping Up the Month

Congress continues to make progress on crypto issues but things are moving slowly.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: Kalshi and Prediction Markets Face a Setback

The court cases will continue for the moment.

Kalshi will have a prediction contract weighed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: What Congress Has Left to Do This Year

There is not a lot of time left for Congress to make meaningful progress this year on crypto issues.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: What's In the New Crypto Market Structure Draft?

The Senate Agriculture Committee released a draft text for its version of market structure legislation.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: SBF (Somehow) Had Another Bad Day in Court

An appeals court seemed very skeptical of the FTX founder's push for a new trial.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: The Government Shutdown Nears a Record

The ongoing U.S. government shutdown may become the longest in history, with reverberating effects on crypto legislation.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: Skinny Master Accounts and Stablecoins

Fed. Governor Waller's proposal could boost stablecoin firms in the U.S.

Fed rate cut looms. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: How to Square Decentralized Finance With Regulatory Compliance

Are these two ideas compatible? That question directed a conversation at this week's D.C. Fintech Week.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: Market Structure Negotiations?

A proposed regulatory framework for DeFi has the industry up in arms.

Senator Tim Scott (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)