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Story: Ripple’s Stuart Alderoty Pushes Congress to Stop Sidelining 52 Million Crypto Voters

By James Thorp

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Alderoty's Case for Regulatory Clarity. The core of Alderoty's argument isn't really about crypto for its own sake.

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Washington's Slow Response to a Fast-Moving Sector. There's a gap — a pretty wide one — between how fast cryptocurrency technology moves and how…

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Stuart Alderoty is done being polite about it. The Ripple executive and National Cryptocurrency Association president wants federal lawmakers to stop treating the U.S.

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Alderoty's push comes as frustration inside the industry has hit a kind of boiling point. For years, crypto businesses have operated under a fog of regulatory ambiguity, trying…

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Alderoty's position is that a more supportive legal environment could do two things at once: protect consumers and unlock growth.

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The compliance piece matters too. It's not just about big crypto firms lobbying for lighter rules.

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See also: Congress Races the Clock on Crypto Rules as Midterms Close In

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He wants dialogue. Not just acknowledgment that crypto exists, but real engagement between industry leaders and policymakers aimed at building frameworks that make sense for the…

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What's unclear is whether that dialogue is actually coming anytime soon. Congressional attention is always fractured, and crypto has a complicated political image that doesn't…

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The frustration in his comments is hard to miss. He's not arguing that crypto deserves special treatment.

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Stablecoin legislation, spot ETF frameworks, custody rules for digital assets — these are all areas where clearer federal guidance would matter enormously to the industry.

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See also: Trader Blows $2 Million in Single-Block Backrun Exploit Nobody Saw Coming

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Alderoty's message is that the window for the U.S. to lead on this isn't permanent. The NCA president has been consistent on the point: ignoring the sector's potential doesn't…

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The crypto community, he says, won't be dismissed as marginal much longer.

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