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Senator Roger Marshall wanted to add a credit card “swipe fee” amendment to the crypto bill.

Swipe fees are the fees merchants pay when customers use credit cards. Marshall has been fighting these fees for years and wanted to force Visa and Mastercard to compete, which retailers like Walmart support, but banks strongly oppose.

The problem:

Adding this amendment would have turned a crypto bill into a credit card war

Many Republicans who support crypto would have voted against the bill

Big financial lobbies would have attacked it

The bill likely would have failed immediately

So this one amendment nearly killed the entire crypto legislation.

What changed?

Behind closed doors, White House officials stepped in.

They told Marshall clearly that:

His amendment would jeopardize the entire crypto bill

The administration wants this crypto law passed now

After private talks, Marshall agreed not to introduce the amendment during the Senate Agriculture Committee meeting.

That single decision removed the biggest immediate threat to the bill.

What about Senator Durbin?

Senator Dick Durbin, who co-wrote the swipe fee bill, could still introduce it — but right now:

He’s not expected to do so

No final decision yet, but signs point to no amendment

So for now, the swipe fee issue is off the table.

What does the crypto bill actually do?

This is market structure legislation — basically rules for how crypto should be regulated in the U.S.

Key points:

Gives the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) authority over digital commodities like Bitcoin

Creates clearer rules for crypto markets

Aims to reduce uncertainty for companies and investors

This would be the first major Senate vote on crypto regulation in U.S. history.

Why is this bill moving through Agriculture Committee?

Crypto regulation was supposed to go through multiple committees, but everything stalled.

What happened:

Senate Banking Committee delayed its own crypto bill (the CLARITY Act)

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong withdrew support, saying parts of it would damage crypto

Banking Committee switched focus to housing legislation instead

That left the Agriculture Committee bill as the only active path forward.

So even though it’s imperfect and politically messy, this bill became the main vehicle for crypto regulation.

Why are Democrats upset?

Democrats are worried about ethics and conflicts of interest, especially involving:

The White House

Future crypto businesses linked to political figures

Senators like Adam Schiff and Ruben Gallego say:

Ethics protections are a red line

They want stronger rules before supporting the bill

This is now one of the biggest political disagreements around the legislation.

What role is Trump playing?

President Donald Trump has publicly said:

He expects to sign a crypto bill very soon

He wants the U.S. to remain the “crypto capital of the world”

His administration is pushing hard for fast passage, even if the bill isn’t perfect.

White House crypto officials warn:

If this bill fails or is delayed

A future crisis could lead to much harsher regulations, like what happened after the 2008 crash with Dodd-Frank

What’s the biggest risk now?

The government shutdown threat.

Congress is stuck in a budget fight:

A $1.3 trillion funding bill is blocked

Deadline is this weekend

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers could be furloughed

If a shutdown happens:

Senators will focus on the budget, not crypto

Committee work could be delayed

Momentum for the crypto bill could be lost

Timing is now the biggest danger, not policy.

So will the crypto bill pass now?

Short answer: It has a better chance — but it’s not safe yet.

Good signs:

The swipe fee amendment is shelved

White House support is strong

This is the only active crypto bill moving

Risks still remain:

Government shutdown

Democratic ethics objections

Narrow political margins

Bottom line (in simple terms)

This crypto bill survived a near-death moment because:

A senator agreed to drop a controversial amendment

The White House stepped in to protect it

But the bill is still walking on a tightrope:

Politics

Budget chaos

Ethics fights

If Congress can avoid a shutdown and keep focus, this could become the first real U.S. crypto law. If not, it could stall again — or be replaced later by something much stricter.
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The world is heading into another phase of political instability. That part feels obvious now. Power struggles, regional conflicts, elections under pressure, economic nationalism, shifting alliances. None of this is new, but the intensity is rising. What’s less obvious is how crypto behaves when the ground starts shaking again.
People love simple narratives. War equals pump. Fear equals dump. Money prints, crypto flies. Reality is messier. In unstable political environments, capital doesn’t move emotionally, it moves defensively. First comes hesitation. Liquidity dries up. Big players step back, not in. Volatility spikes, but direction becomes unreliable.
Crypto isn’t a safe haven by default. It only becomes one when trust in traditional systems breaks faster than trust in digital ones. Sometimes that happens. Sometimes it doesn’t. We’ve seen periods where bad geopolitical news pushed prices up, and other times where the same kind of news triggered brutal sell-offs. Context matters more than headlines.
Another thing most people miss: instability changes time horizons. Traders shorten their patience. Long-term narratives get postponed. Risk appetite shrinks before it expands. That transition phase is where most damage happens.
So the real question isn’t “will crypto go up or down.” It’s whether the market treats global chaos as a temporary shock or a structural shift. That answer doesn’t arrive on day one. It reveals itself slowly, candle by candle.

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