House GOP plans quick re-vote on crypto bills amid CBDC dispute

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he’ll look to move forward with three crypto bills on Wednesday after some Republican lawmakers pulled support over wanting a CBDC ban.

The US House is set to try to move forward three crypto bills again on Wednesday after canning a re-vote on Tuesday as multiple Republican lawmakers pulled support, wanting to add a ban on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said he hopes to try to pass a procedural vote for the bills on Wednesday, adding it’s “a priority of the White House, the Senate and the House to do all of these crypto bills,” Politico reported.

Some Republicans wanted the stablecoin-regulating GENIUS Act amended or bundled in with two other crypto bills up for a vote this week — the CBDC-banning Anti-CBDC Surveillance Act and a sweeping crypto market structure bill dubbed the CLARITY Act.

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