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The momentum that had been building regarding the US crypto market bill has now stalled once again. The Senate lawmakers have decided to postpone their bill markup schedules from this Thursday to the last part of January. Senators Postpone Vote on Crypto Market Bill According to a report from Eleanor Terrett, the US Senate has deferred a markup meeting to consider the new proposal. This has been arranged to happen in the last week of January. The postponement had been confirmed by the Chairman of the Agriculture Committee in the United States Senate, Senator John Boozman. “We have made meaningful progress and had constructive discussions as we work toward this goal. To finalize the remaining details and ensure the broad support this legislation requires, additional time is needed before moving to markup. The committee will mark up this legislation during the last week of January,” he said. The move means that the agriculture committee markup would not be held on the same date as the Senate Banking Committee = scheduled. Theirs is still set to happen. According to observers, this indicates that lawmakers fear that if the crypto market bill moves too quickly before the Democratic lawmakers’ backing becomes solid, it may fail when it hits the Senate floor. The Banking Committee retains its jurisdiction over the security-related aspects of crypto regulations. However, both committees need to come to a consensus before the bill proceeds. Key to this, however, is that a total of at least 60 votes will be required for the final passage, an element that will see the Democrats support the bill if they are to be able to pass it. The Republicans currently have only a slender majority over their rivals. As reported by the journalists covering the developments in Capitol Hill, this extra time would…

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Filed under: News - @ January 13, 2026 5:17 am