In Episode 2 of our Winds of Change: The Digital Assets Dialogues podcast series, Elise Soucie Watts, Executive Director at Global Digital Finance and Krysten Sinema, former United States Senator and Senior Advisor in Hogan Lovells' Government Relations and Public Affairs practice, took a deep dive into the latest regulatory developments in the United States, from the significance of the recently passed GENIUS Act and the key points of distinction between the approaches of the Republicans and Democrats towards the development of the digital assets market structure bill.

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