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Exactly 3% of the United States Senate attended the Texas Blockchain Summit on Friday, all addressing their fellow lawmakers' understanding of crypto and blockchain.

As House Democrats grapple over the infrastructure bill, the Biden administration and Federal Reserve eye stablecoin regulation.

The listed crypto options providers named by the CFTC include relatively unknown names such as Bitfxprofit, Star FX Pro, Smarter Signals and BinanceFx Trade.

“Margined, leveraged or financed digital asset trading offered to retail U.S. customers must occur on properly registered and regulated exchanges in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations,” said Vincent McGonagle, the CFTC’s acting director of enforcement.

The commissioner has said the CFTC’s enforcement actions in the crypto space have been “aggressive," and hinted that decentralized finance platforms were likely illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act.

"We’re not necessarily looking for more authority without more resources," said Dan Berkovitz in regards to crypto markets.

Gary Gensler gets grilled on Capitol Hill as crypto looms large on national political agendas from Cuba to South Korea.

The three officials tapped by the Biden administration for CFTC roles come with promising crypto credentials, but can they live up to the promise?

All CFTC nominations must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a simple majority vote.

“I’m looking forward to continuing to advise this impressive group of leaders as they work to bridge the worlds of traditional finance and blockchain technology,” said Christopher Giancarlo.

A decentralized exchange reckoning is coming — and it’s bigger than the infrastructure bill — thus, the DeFi community must be ready.

"A trading platform that offers derivatives on digital assets to U.S. persons without registering, or in violation of CFTC trading rules, is subject to the CFTC’s enforcement authority," said Dawn Stump.

Quintenz's 5-year term at the agency was originally scheduled to end in April 2020, but he has twice extended his departure.

The letter seems to be applying political pressure for the two government agencies to act on their own, rather than waiting for a bill requiring the creation of such a group to become law.

Former CEO Arthur Hayes and other executives at the firm are still likely to face charges on alleged violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.