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Cynthia M. Lummis

Cynthia M. Lummis

United States Senate ↗ · United States

★ Editor's Watch — Stablecoin issuance, Non-EU crypto, Token classification

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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.

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

  • United States

Sources

Every entry on this page is sourced from public records. The references below are the evidence base for the practitioner's expertise claims.

  1. Senator Cynthia Lummis — official biography — firm bio
  2. US Congress — GENIUS Act of 2025 — regulator
  3. Bloomberg — Senator Lummis public commentary on crypto legislation — industry press

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