Crypto Assets leaders gather on Capitol Hill to discuss market structure.

[Crypto Assets leaders gather on Capitol Hill to discuss market structure] According to Crypto In America, executives from major companies in the Crypto Assets space, along with Trump’s Crypto Assets “tsar” David Sacks, will gather on Capitol Hill this morning to meet with Senate Republicans and Democrats who are working hard to advance market structure legislation. Their goal is to restart bipartisan negotiations and present the bill to President Trump before it becomes a priority ahead of the midterm elections. About ten industry executives attended, including CEX CEO Brian Armstrong, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz, CEX CEO Dave Ripley, Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov, and Uniswap CEO Hayden Adams, as well as Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte, Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty, Jito Chief Legal Officer Rebecca Rettig, a16z crypto General Counsel Miles Jennings, Solana Policy Research Institute Director Kristin Smith, and Paradigm Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Justin Slaughter. The goal of this roundtable meeting is to repair relationships and restart dialogue among members. Two weeks ago, Democratic staff leaked a proposal regarding the regulation of decentralized finance to their Republican counterparts, angering most industry professionals. This proposal exposed the significant differences that still exist between both sides on the most contentious parts of this already complex bill. Negotiations subsequently broke down, with Republicans refusing to continue discussions unless Democrats agreed to set a final date, while Democrats insisted they needed more time to gather opinions to make the bill a bipartisan achievement. Both party aides claimed they hoped the roundtable could restart negotiations and foster a new spirit of dialogue in the DeFi space.