Aiden Slavin

Miles Jennings, Collin McCune, and Aiden Slavin 12.02.25 Crypto policymaking continues to advance in the United States, and the stakes couldn’t be higher: Policy will determine not only how crypto companies can operate, but whether the values of openness, competition, and user-control are realized in the internet’s next era. That’s why builders can’t sit on the sidelines.

Federal crypto legislation is moving fast. In just the past three months, President Trump signed into law the “Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins” (GENIUS) Act, and the House of Representatives advanced the landmark “Digital Asset Market Clarity” (CLARITY) Act with overwhelming bipartisan support. But the federal government is not the only U.S. lawmaking body seeking to establish rules of the road for the crypto industry.

New technologies — from the telegraph and telephone to the internet — have always sparked fresh anxieties about privacy’s impending demise. Blockchains have proven no different, and privacy on blockchains is often misunderstood as either creating a dangerous level of transparency or a haven for crime. But the real challenge is not about choosing between privacy and security, but about building tools — technical and legal — that support both.