This represents the first time a major world power has moved to regulate cryptocurrency not for consumer protection or crime prevention, but explicitly for maintaining currency sovereignty. The 68-30 bipartisan vote demonstrates unprecedented political unity on treating stablecoins as extensions of national monetary policy rather than private financial innovations.
US Senate's GENIUS Act: Digital Dollar Control Via Stablecoins
📰 What Happened
The US Senate passed the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act) with a 68-30 bipartisan vote in June 2025. The bill, now before the House which is developing its own STABLE Act version, establishes the first comprehensive federal framework for regulating dollar-pegged stablecoins. This marks a strategic pivot from viewing crypto as a fringe technology to recognizing it as a critical sovereign currency instrument.
📖 Prophetic Significance
The GENIUS Act's focus on dollar-pegged stablecoins reveals how digital currencies could enable a unified global financial system. The bipartisan supermajority (68-30) shows the political establishment converging on centralized control of digital money. By regulating private stablecoins as sovereign instruments, this creates the regulatory framework needed for a future central bank digital currency. This aligns with prophecies about a controlled economy where all transactions can be monitored and permitted/denied (Rev 13:17). The bill's timing alongside similar regulations in the EU and China suggests coordinated movement toward unified digital currency controls.