Good news for stablecoins and crypto

plus: foreign buyers, markets, JPMorgan, authoritarianism and more

“We invent our technologies and then we turn around and use our technologies to reinvent ourselves as individuals, communities and cultures.” – Paul Saffo ||

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• Good news for stablecoins and crypto

• Foreign buyers of treasuries

• Macro-Crypto Bits: markets, JPMorgan, gold, authoritarianism

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WHAT I’M WATCHING:

Good news for stablecoins and crypto

The sigh of relief was drowned out by cheers as the cloture vote on the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill (to end debate and send the bill to the Senate floor for a vote) passed 66-32, with 16 Democrat senators voting in favour.

This is a big deal for two reasons: