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U.S. stablecoin legislation took another major step on Wednesday as a House of Representatives committee joined Senate counterparts in advancing a bill to be considered by the overall House, bringing stablecoin regulations closer to reality. Eventual approvals in both the overall House and Senate would let lawmakers start melding the two versions into a unified piece of legislation that could get a final nod. Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump have aimed toward an August goal in getting the effort completed. Though the crypto industry and their most reliable Republican allies in Congress were happy to welcome many Democrats to the yes side on moving the Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy (STABLE Act) out of the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, the Democrats on the panel consistently raised concerns about Trump’s connections to the industry and stablecoins. Still, six Democrats joined 26 Republicans on the committee to advance the bill after a marathon markup session. A week before the House committee focused on the bill in Wednesday’s markup — a session in which lawmakers make changes and debate amendments on legislation — the Trump-tied World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced it’s supporting its own stablecoin (USD1). Trump has been highly active in crypto, including in selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and memecoin $TRUMP, even as he pushes for crypto-friendly policies at the federal level. U.S. regulation of stablecoins — generally dollar-tied tokens, such as Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC — is one of the two top policy priorities for the industry. And committee Chairman French Hill argued on the industry’s behalf that “innovation needs guardrails, not roadblocks.” Republican members declined to discuss President Trump’s industry involvement in any explicit terms. When Waters and other Democrats pushed amendments to block the potential conflicts raised by the president’s business…

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