U.S. lawmaker negotiations over market structure legislation appear to be ongoing, but contentious.

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Policy work around digital assets seems to be in a bit of a limbo as the U.S. government shut down runs through its second week. There are signs lawmakers continue to work out details on market structure legislation, which the industry desperately wants in the hopes it will cement the roles of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and establish just how the crypto industry will be treated by U.S. regulations. To that end, Democrats proposed certain rules around decentralized finance (DeFi) that

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