President Donald Trump ended “Crypto Week” with a flourish, signing the GENIUS Act into law on Friday afternoon, surrounded by Vice President JD Vance, the bill’s author Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and the other legislators who contributed to getting the GENIUS Act across the finish line. Trump was also surrounded by the financial, technology, and crypto industry giants, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Kraken CEO Dave Ripley, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, Paolo Ardoino of Tether, Ryan McInerney of Visa, Inc., Rumble’s Chris Pavlovski, Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev, and Gemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.
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While signing the bill into law, Trump joked that “this is not an Autopen!” to uproarious laughter.
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🚨 @POTUS signs the GENIUS Act into law — a historic piece of legislation