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The clearest item left on the table for digital-asset markets: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., teed up a procedural vote on cryptocurrency regulation for September 15, after negotiators failed to bridge differences before the August recess.
Lawmakers adjourned at 4:57 a.m. ET, having confirmed Todd Blanche as the nation's 88th Attorney General and passed a bipartisan interim spending bill expected to prevent a government shutdown in October.
What actually passed Two items cleared before the 4:57 a.m. Blanche is confirmed as the 88th Attorney General. The bipartisan interim spending bill passed and is expected to head off an October shutdown.
Nothing else from the session's to-do list made it through. The crypto bill and September 15 Thune's calendar move puts September 15 as the next date for digital-asset regulation.
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