Donald Trump is officially the 47th President of the United States, and the U.S. authorities is going successful immoderate antithetic directions from the past administration.

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Executive order

The narrative

U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into bureau connected Monday and rapidly signed a flurry of enforcement orders. While it took him a fewer days to get to crypto-specific items, we've seen a fig of actions from his medication already — not to notation the broader Republican Party.

Why it matters

These agencies and Congressional bodies' archetypal actions acceptable the code for what we tin expect arsenic the caller Congress and medication truly get going this year.

Breaking it down

There'll beryllium clip to spell much into item connected immoderate of these later, but for now:

White House/Administration

Donald Trump signed a highly-anticipated enforcement order connected crypto. Among its provisions are items that:

Create a moving radical composed of Cabinet officials, White House advisers and others tasked with identifying regulations that code crypto and recommending whether they beryllium changed. AI and crypto czar David Sacks volition seat this moving group.

Task the moving radical with evaluating a integer plus stockpile.

Ban immoderate cardinal slope integer currency, with a somewhat wide explanation of a CBDC.

Revoke erstwhile President Joe Biden's enforcement bid connected crypto, which mostly conscionable directed his Departments to trade reports astir assorted aspects of crypto and user protections.

Trump besides announced that Sacks would co-chair his President's Council of Advisors connected Science and Technology.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, now operating nether Acting Chair Mark Uyeda, formed a crypto-focused task force headed up by Commissioner Hester Peirce. Trump antecedently named Paul Atkins arsenic his prime to service arsenic the agency's chair, erstwhile he's confirmed by the Senate.

One of the SEC's archetypal moves was to rescind Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, which directed publically traded companies holding crypto for their clients to people those holdings connected their ain equilibrium sheets. SAB 121 was powerfully opposed by the crypto industry, which argued that it made it much hard for banks to supply definite crypto services.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is now operating nether Acting Chair Caroline Pham. Pham named CFTC Senior Policy Advisor Harry Jung as the regulator's pb for crypto manufacture engagement. Trump has not yet named a nominee to instrumentality implicit arsenic imperishable chair.

Trump pardoned Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, saying connected Truth Social that helium did truthful "in grant of [Ulbricht's mother] and the Libertarian Movement, which supported maine truthful strongly." Ulbricht was convicted connected transgression enterprise, narcotics organisation and assorted conspiracy charges and sentenced to treble beingness successful situation and 40 years with nary parole.

Trump announced helium would rename the existing U.S. Digital Service arsenic his Department of Government Efficiency, the entity headed up by Elon Musk (Vivek Ramaswamy, who was antecedently a co-head, has present near to tally for Ohio governor). Initially, the entity's website just had the Dogecoin logo connected it. Companies are besides filing for dogecoin exchange-traded funds now.

Trump spoke with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele soon aft signing his crypto enforcement order, though an authoritative readout of the call did not notation crypto successful immoderate form.

Senate

The Senate Banking Committee has confirmed the instauration of a subcommittee focused connected integer assets, led by Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.). The subcommittee's different members see freshmen Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), who unseated erstwhile Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) with $40 cardinal worthy of enactment from crypto governmental enactment committee Fairshake, Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), who received $10 cardinal worthy of enactment and Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), among others.

The Banking Committee is besides holding a hearing connected Feb. 5, though the circumstantial clip and witnesser database person yet to beryllium announced.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a associated Congressional Review Act resolution alongside House Rep. Mike Carey (R-Ohio) to overturn the IRS' caller crypto broker rule. The rule, finalized precocious past month, defines the word "broker" for IRS taxation reporting purposes, but has already drawn a lawsuit from the Blockchain Association. The manufacture lobbyists reason the last regularisation "puts unlawful compliance burdens connected bundle developers."

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the caller pb Democrat connected the Senate Banking Committee, is besides asking the U.S. Office of Government Ethics to look into the TRUMP token. She sent an unfastened missive co-signed by Massachusetts Representative Jake Auchincloss.

House of Representatives

The House Oversight Committee sent retired a missive announcing it would analyse whether banks de-banked crypto companies astatine the government's behest.

The House Financial Services Committee has already scheduled 2 hearings connected crypto adjacent month. The first, connected Feb. 6, 2025, volition absorption connected the aforementioned debanking. The second, acceptable for Feb. 11, is titled "A Golden Age of Digital Assets: Charting a Path Forward."

The starring Democrat connected the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Gerry Connelly, asked the panel's starring Republican, Rep. James Comer, to probe Trump's issuance of the TRUMP coin and his ties to World Liberty Financial.

Stories you whitethorn person missed

Coinbase Asks U.S. Appeals Court to Say On-Platform Crypto Trades Aren’t Securities: Coinbase has filed its petition to record an interlocutory entreaty with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, having received support from the territory justice overseeing its SEC lawsuit to bash so.

Ethereum Core Developer Eric Conner Departs arsenic Vitalik Dismisses Calls for Leadership Change: Ethereum and the Ethereum Foundation are going done immoderate disagreements.

Vitalik Buterin Calls for Added Focus connected Ether arsenic Part of the Network's Scaling Plans: Also applicable to that erstwhile item.

Ledger Co-Founder's Kidnapping Highlights Threat of Crypto Robberies: Ledger co-founder Davad Balland and his woman were kidnapped for ransom, and the kidnappers reportedly chopped disconnected his digit arsenic portion of the extortion scheme.

Real Estate Firm Propy Is Rolling Out Crypto-Backed Loans to Buy Houses: Propy is letting prospective buyers for a Hawaiian condo instrumentality retired a indebtedness by putting up collateral successful bitcoin oregon ether.

This week

Tuesday

16:00 UTC (9:00 a.m. MT) The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments successful Custodia Bank's ongoing lawsuit against the Federal Reserve.

Elsewhere:

(Sam Curry) Some information researchers discovered they could way and power definite Subaru cars (i.e. ones connected to the internet). The vulnerability has been patched, per the writer of this.

(Bloomberg) Walgreens spent $200 cardinal replacing refrigerator doors with screens whose vendor is present successful a ineligible combat with the pharmacy/convenience store chain.

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