 
                                Robin Cook 🛡️
@robinrcook
Legislative Counsel @Coinbase. Former @ABABankers @CUNA @WeilGotshal. Dog dad. Law, politics, banking, crypto. Lots of my own opinions.
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13-06-2009 04:40:18
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        Crypto remains the most bipartisan issue in Washington. Grateful to French Hill, Glenn "GT" Thompson, Angie Craig, Tom Emmer, Rep. Dusty Johnson, Congressman Don Davis, Bryan Steil, Rep. Ritchie Torres and Rep. Warren Davidson for stepping up as co-sponsors of the new digital asset market
 
         
         
         
         
         
        I’m not sure I understand Governor JB Pritzker. 102 House Dems and 18 Senate Ds voted for the GENIUS Act, and 78 House Ds supported CLARITY, and they did this to support bad bills written by crypto bros? The Democratic Party is making important strides to correct the mistakes of the ‘24
 
        The big banks are working overtime to shield themselves from any possibility of competition. Their latest trick? Objecting to language that they negotiated in the GENIUS Act, in an effort to undermine one of President Donald J. Trump’s signature legislative achievements. Remember, GENIUS is a law
 
        Great thread here by Faryar Shirzad 🛡️ explaining why the Big Banks don’t like the innovations happening in their industry. Coinbase 🛡️
 
        Banks claim stablecoins will drain deposits and harm lending, but there’s no evidence supporting this. Bank attacks on the bipartisan GENIUS Act and on President Donald J. Trump’s crypto agenda aren’t about stability—they’re about protecting $187B in payment fees. Stablecoins modernize payments and
 
         
         
         
        Big news from Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller announcing a potential skinny master account to facilitate payments. By giving non-banks direct Fedwire/ACH access, Waller's proposal enables stablecoin issuers & tokenized asset platforms to settle on-chain transactions without
 
                        
                    
                    
                    
                 
         
         
         
                         
                         
                        