Democrats reopen talks on Senate Agriculture crypto bill as markup delayed to Thursday

Democratic senators remain open to renewed negotiations on the Senate Agriculture Committee's crypto market structure bill to seek a bipartisan compromise after talks ran into setbacks on Jan. 27, BlockBeats reported. A Democratic aide said members were caught off guard at the start of the new year when Republicans drafted a new version without sufficient consultation and had planned to move it directly to a mid-January markup. Democrats aim to re-engage with Chair Republican Senator John Boozman's team before this week's vote, and some lawmakers are pressing to restart talks so a bipartisan text can be ready ahead of the hearing. The committee's amendment-and-vote session, originally set for Tuesday, was postponed to Thursday due to severe weather in Washington, while the bill would establish a federal digital-asset regulatory framework clarifying oversight between the SEC and CFTC and setting related disclosure requirements; analysts noted that with the Banking and Agriculture committees advancing separate versions, bipartisan cooperation remains a prerequisite for progress.