The US Senate passed the GENIUS Act, a federal bill that puts crypto stablecoins under direct government control, after the crypto industry spent millions lobbying in last year’s elections. This legislation is now the first national law that forces stablecoin issuers to follow Treasury and law enforcement rules.

The Senate passed first-of-its-kind bipartisan cryptocurrency legislation, called the GENIUS Act, after months of negotiations and weeks of back-and-forth between Democratic and Republican backers. The final tally was 68-30,

The legislation to set rules for stablecoin issuers is the first major digital assets bill to ever clear the Senate and now moves on to the U.S. House.