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Washington’s back in the driver’s seat
Coinbase shares popped after the Senate Banking Committee advanced a crypto market-structure bill, another sign that U.S. lawmakers are inching closer to a ruleset the industry can actually work with. For Coinbase, that’s the kind of headline traders love: less regulatory fog, more “maybe this whole thing is becoming a real business.”
Why the stock cares
Coinbase lives and dies by crypto activity, but it also has to survive the legal spaghetti around how digital assets get classified and traded. A friendlier framework could mean:
- clearer rules for exchanges like Coinbase
- less legal guesswork for tokens and listings
- a better backdrop for institutional adoption
That doesn’t mean the bill becomes law tomorrow. Capitol Hill loves a dramatic tease. But even committee progress can give crypto stocks a jolt because it nudges the industry one step away from the regulatory purgatory that’s hung over it for years.
The bigger picture
This is still more “encouraging breadcrumb” than victory lap. But for Coinbase investors, every little bit of legislative movement matters, because the company doesn’t just need crypto prices to rise — it needs the plumbing around crypto to get less weird.
Big picture: the market is rewarding Coinbase for one simple reason — Washington just handed it a slightly better script.