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Today in crypto, the head of President Trump’s crypto council said stablecoin legislation will likely be passed imminently, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF (BTC) is the only fund to maintain a positive net inflow of funds in March, and Donald Trump’s SEC Chair pick Paul Atkins’ confirmation hearing is reportedly set for March 27.
The executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, Bo Hines, told the Digital Asset Summit in New York that stablecoin legislation is “imminent” following the Senate Banking Committee’s swift approval of the GENIUS Act earlier this month.
The GENIUS Act stands for the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, which sets out to guidelines for stablecoin issuers. On March 13, it passed the Senate Banking Committee in a bipartisan 18 to 6 vote.
