Experts say the legislation could unleash a tidal wave of new stablecoins—and fresh complaints about President Trump's crypto entanglements.

Bitcoin price, XRP and other cryptos have seen big gains this week. The crypto industry notched its first major crypto regulatory win in the U.S. late Thursday.

Two of the legislations — the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act — were passed with significant bipartisan support.

There would be a great irony if cryptocurrency — which was created in 2008 to provide an alternative to the mainstream financial system that had just failed — led to another economic crash. But that is what a handful of experts fear could happen now that Congress has passed the GENIUS Act, a major piece of crypto legislation.

The GENIUS Act is the first federal legislation to regulate stablecoins, requiring full 1:1 backing, public reserve disclosures, and federal licensing. Stablecoins offer faster, cheaper,

The newly passed crypto legislation will establish the U.S. as the global leader in cryptocurrency innovation, said Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association and former CFTC commissioner. During an interview with CNBC,

A legislative win in Congress, and the promise of more to come, has helped lift the prospects and the wealth of the cryptocurrency industry.

Blockchain data from Glassnode showed that on-chain value transferred using USDT dropped 20% in the last 24 hours, while USDC’s jumped by nearly 40%.