House Democrats prepare tougher crypto rules with SEC oversight

After retaking both chambers of Congress, Democrats are reportedly drafting a market structure bill that would hand the SEC more power and the CFTC less House Democrats are reportedly drafting their own crypto market structure bill, and it looks very different from the one the industry spent last year cheering for. The early outline points to a tougher framework led by the Securities and Exchange Commission. That makes it a sharp turn away from the lighter-touch approach crypto firms had grown used to lobbying for. The timing is no accident. Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the November 2026 midterm elections, and the new majority appears ready to revisit how digital assets get policed. The effort is still in its early stages.

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