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The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed an interpretive framework for applying federal securities laws to digital assets that would carry more weight than staff-level guidance.

US President Donald Trump says AI data centers “need some PR help,” promising that tech giants will pay for their own power to run the energy-intensive projects.

The meeting reportedly happened before President Donald Trump posted to his social media platform, echoing some of Brian Armstrong's statements about stablecoin yield.

The Blockchain Association urged Congress to exempt low-dollar crypto transactions and tax mining and staking rewards upon sale.

White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt reportedly refocused crypto and bank lobby talks on a crypto bill to allow stablecoin rewards tied to transaction activity.

Trump administration officials held a similar event last week to discuss stablecoin yield within a market structure bill under consideration in Congress.

The second meeting between crypto and the banks at the White House over the crypto market structure bill has yet to come to an agreement on stablecoin provisions.

The meeting came more than two weeks after the Senate Banking Committee postponed a markup on the CLARITY Act, with stablecoin yield among several unresolved issues.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig spoke on CNBC on Thursday as debate continued over stablecoin yield in the CLARITY Act.

The Trump administration is moving to break a deadlock over crypto market-structure legislation as lawmakers remain split over stablecoin interest rules.

The Trump administration is celebrating the GENIUS Act and its pro‑crypto agenda, yet Tornado Cash and Samourai prosecutions fuel doubts that US developers are truly in the clear.

The Nietzschean Penguin (PENGUIN) memecoin had a market capitalization of about $387,000 before the US White House published its post.

In an interview from the WEF in Davos, David Sacks addressed disputes over stablecoin yield and the crypto market structure legislation that's stalled in the US Senate.

The bill is still a "priority," White House Crypto Council Director Patrick Witt said, but interagency legalities remain a challenge.

Coinbase withdrew support for the CLARITY Act, warning the draft would restrict DeFi, ban tokenized equities and eliminate stablecoin rewards.