What Happened to Crypto?

Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in an illustration photo. Dado Ruvic/Reuters1/16/2026|Updated: 1/16/2026CommentaryA major battle in Washington is taking place between traditional banking and money and the newly emergent industry involving cryptocurrency. A decade and a half following the invention of Bitcoin, there is still a lack of legal clarity on its status within the regulated financial industry.Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]Author’s Selected Articles