Named experts · Regulator or policymaker
Cynthia M. Lummis
United States Senate ↗ · United States
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★ Editor's Watch — Stablecoin issuance, Non-EU crypto, Token classification
About Cynthia
Cynthia M. Lummis is United States Senator from Wyoming and one of the most prominent congressional voices on crypto-asset legislation. Senator Lummis co-sponsored the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act of 2025), the federal stablecoin regulatory framework that took effect in the US stablecoin landscape. She has been an advocate for crypto-asset legislative clarity since entering the Senate in 2021 and is one of the principal legislative architects of the emerging US federal crypto-asset framework.
Editor's note
Co-sponsor of GENIUS Act (US federal stablecoin framework) and broader US crypto-asset legislative architecture. Most prominent congressional voice on crypto legislation.
Practice fields
Credentials
- United States Senator from Wyoming since January 2021
- Co-sponsor, GENIUS Act 2025 (US federal stablecoin framework)
- Co-sponsor, Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act
- Member, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Jurisdictions
Sources
Every entry on this page is sourced from public records. The references below are the evidence base for the practitioner's expertise claims.
- Senator Cynthia Lummis — official biography — firm bio
- US Congress — GENIUS Act of 2025 — regulator
- Decrypt — 'Bitcoin Senator' Lummis leads push for US stablecoin legislation (Apr 2024) — industry press
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