Knife Sharpening?

Senators Pitch More Than 75 Amendments For Crypto Bill, Including On Yield, DeFi Sections
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Galaxy Compares DeFi Provisions In Crypto Bill To Patriot Act Surveillance
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Senate Agriculture Committee Reschedules Its Own Crypto Bill Hearing To Jan. 27
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As Senators make amendments, some panic is apparent in brotopia as there are even calls for government resignation: Trump’s Crypto Czar Should Resign If Crypto Bill Doesn’t Pass In Q1, Says Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson (Yahoo Finance).

In Europe, French Regulator Says Some Crypto Firms Unresponsive As EU Licence Deadline Approaches (Reuters) / France Reminds Crypto Companies Of MiCA Licensing Deadline (PYMNTS) / France Flags 90 Unlicensed Crypto Companies Ahead Of MiCA Cutoff: Report (Cointelegraph)...which raises some interesting questions about just how compliant the EU will be from the moment MiCA is fully in place…

Next door to France, Ripple Targets MiCA Passporting In EU With Luxembourg E-Money Nod (Cointelegraph).