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U.S. Senate’s Stablecoin Push Still Alive as Bill May Return to Floor: Sources

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15 мая, 2025

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After a suddenly rocky road for the U.S. legislative effort to regulate stablecoin issuers, the Senate is poised to move forward again with newly polished language in the bill that may see some procedural movement as soon as Thursday.

The Senate’s stablecoin push veered off course a week ago when Democrats objected, primarily to President Donald Trump’s personal crypto business interests, but the lawmakers continued negotiations and are said to be close to an agreement on updated text to the «Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins» (GENIUS) Act, according to people familiar with the talks.

The bill would establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies pegged to the value of another asset, such as Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, and there’s a similar one grinding its way through the House of Representatives.

A previous version of the bill advanced out of the Senate Banking Committee with bipartisan support earlier this year, giving the crypto sector confidence that it would probably meet with little resistance on the Senate floor. However, the text was updated and the Senate failed to advance the bill into its final stage, a process known as cloture in which 60 senators need to agree to move legislation to an open floor debate.

Every Democrat and two Republicans voted against it (a third Republican, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, originally supported the cloture motion but flipped his vote at the last minute in a procedural move to keep the legislation alive). That left the stablecoin bill in legislative limbo, but people familiar with the negotiation told CoinDesk that it may soon be back on track. The next vote would likely be a procedural action to buy lawmakers more time to negotiate specifics of the bill than a cloture motion, two of the people said.

One of the central points of contention for Democrats was President Trump’s increasing forays into crypto, particularly after Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX announced it would close its purchase of a stake in global exchange Binance using USD1, a stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial, which in turn is linked to Trump and his children.

However, the bill’s text, which hasn’t yet been released publicly, is unlikely to include any provisions addressing this potential conflict of interest. Senator Gillibrand, the New York Democrat who has been working on crypto legislation for years, suggested at a Stand With Crypto event on Wednesday that the latest version still doesn’t focus directly on Trump.

«This bill does have some ethics requirements that I think are really strong and very good, but it’s not an ethics bill per se, and if we were dealing with all President Trump’s ethics problems, it would be a very long and detailed bill,» she said.

She said she’s «very optimistic we will have a vote soon enough.»

At the same event, Senator Cynthia Lummis, the Republican chair of a digital assets subcommittee in the Senate and a frequent partner to Gillibrand on crypto regulation, argued against lawmakers being distracted by the «shiny object that’s out in the corner.»

«I don’t want the fact that President Trump’s name comes up in relation to this to distract us from the important goal of having a clear regulatory structure in the United States that can onshore this industry that is being used to provide a new market for US Treasuries that helps the dollar stay the world reserve currency,» Lummis said.

Bo Hines, Trump’s executive director for the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, said at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2025 conference in Toronto on Wednesday that «negotiations are ongoing» when asked about a possible vote on Thursday. He indicated that he thinks the legislation will keep moving.

«We shall see,» he said.

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Crypto Trading Firm Keyrock Buys Luxembourg’s Turing Capital in Asset Management Push

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21 час ago

16 сентября, 2025

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Crypto trading firm Keyrock said it’s expanding into asset and wealth management by acquiring Turing Capital, a Luxembourg-registered alternative investment fund manager.

The deal, announced on Tuesday, marks the launch of Keyrock’s Asset and Wealth Management division, a new business unit dedicated to institutional clients and private investors.

Keyrock, founded in Brussels, Belgium and best known for its work in market making, options and OTC trading, said it will fold Turing Capital’s investment strategies and Luxembourg fund management structure into its wider platform. The division will be led by Turing Capital co-founder Jorge Schnura, who joins Keyrock’s executive committee as president of the unit.

The company said the expansion will allow it to provide services across the full lifecycle of digital assets, from liquidity provision to long-term investment strategies. «In the near future, all assets will live onchain,» Schnura said, noting that the merger positions the group to capture opportunities as traditional financial products migrate to blockchain rails.

Keyrock has also applied for regulatory approval under the EU’s crypto framework MiCA through a filing with Liechtenstein’s financial regulator. If approved, the firm plans to offer portfolio management and advisory services, aiming to compete directly with traditional asset managers as well as crypto-native players.

«Today’s launch sets the stage for our longer-term ambition: bringing asset management on-chain in a way that truly meets institutional standards,» Keyrock CSO Juan David Mendieta said in a statement.

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Crypto Trading Firm Keyrock Buys Luxembourg’s Turing Capital in Asset Management Push

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21 час ago

16 сентября, 2025

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Crypto trading firm Keyrock said it’s expanding into asset and wealth management by acquiring Turing Capital, a Luxembourg-registered alternative investment fund manager.

The deal, announced on Tuesday, marks the launch of Keyrock’s Asset and Wealth Management division, a new business unit dedicated to institutional clients and private investors.

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Gemini Shares Slide 6%, Extending Post-IPO Slump to 24%

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16 сентября, 2025

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Gemini Space Station (GEMI), the crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has seen its shares tumble by more than 20% since listing on the Nasdaq last Friday.

The stock is down around 6% on Tuesday, trading at $30.42, and has dropped nearly 24% over the past week. The sharp decline follows an initial surge after the company raised $425 million in its IPO, pricing shares at $28 and valuing the firm at $3.3 billion before trading began.

On its first day, GEMI spiked to $45.89 before closing at $32 — a 14% premium to its offer price. But since hitting that high, shares have plunged more than 34%, erasing most of the early enthusiasm from public market investors.

The broader crypto equity market has remained more stable. Coinbase (COIN), the largest U.S. crypto exchange, is flat over the past week. Robinhood (HOOD), which derives part of its revenue from crypto, is down 3%. Token issuer Circle (CRCL), on the other hand, is up 13% over the same period.

Part of the pressure on Gemini’s stock may stem from its financials. The company posted a $283 million net loss in the first half of 2025, following a $159 million loss in all of 2024. Despite raising fresh capital, the numbers suggest the business is still far from turning a profit.

Compass Point analyst Ed Engel noted that GEMI is currently trading at 26 times its annualized first-half revenue. That multiple — often used to gauge whether a stock is expensive — means investors are paying 26 dollars for every dollar the company is expected to generate in sales this year. For a loss-making company in a volatile sector, that’s a steep price, and could be fueling investor skepticism.