Senator Richard Blumenthal stated that Tether's payments to Nxum Group while Bo Hines shaped cryptocurrency policy implicate federal ethics, anticorruption, and lobbying laws

Bicameral federal legislature of the United States, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, which writes law, controls federal spending and oversees the executive branch. Its two chambers represent states and districts on different terms and hold different constitutional powers.

Laws and rules for fiat-pegged tokens, from the US GENIUS Act to Europe's MiCA, covering reserves, licensing and yield restrictions.

The money and influence the crypto industry deploys in politics, from campaign donations and super PACs to revolving-door hires.