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|3 min ReadSpeaker of the House Mike Johnson to crypto leaders: “We’re in this together”
Maya Chen
Senior Analyst
Published
Jan 16, 2026
Momentum shifts in Washington
Tonight, the door opened. After a working session with Bitcoin and crypto leaders on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) stepped into an intimate Bitcoin Voter PAC-sponsored event in downtown Washington. He did not hedge. “We’re in this together,” he told Bitcoin Magazine. That line matters. It signals a path to build in the United States, not abroad.
He called the day “very productive.” He said House Republicans plan to work closely with the industry to craft policy that helps it thrive. He was clear. Congress “relies upon the insight and expertise” of the builders to get this right.
Inside the room
Johnson praised an “extraordinary group” on the Hill. He cited Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Andreessen Horowitz GP Marc Andreessen, and Riot Platforms SVP and Bitcoin Voter Project lead Brian Morgenstern. He named House Majority Whip Tom Emmer and House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill on the congressional side. Two tracks ran today. Johnson’s meetings, and a separate session with Michael Saylor, Senator Cynthia Lummis, and Rep. Nick Begich. Same theme. Policy is moving.
Mike Senich, Senior Advisor at the Bitcoin Voter PAC, backed it up. He said the group dug into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and “double taxation” on miners, who get taxed when bitcoin is mined and when it is sold. He said U.S. Treasury officials joined the talks, including Acting Secretary of Domestic Finance Luke Petite and Counselor to the Secretary on Digital Assets Tyler Williams, along with the White House’s Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets. “How the industry can work hand in glove with their teams,” is how he framed the agenda. He said the room now understands the priorities for market structure.
He would not confirm whether those priorities include keeping Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act language that would protect developers and providers of noncustodial technology. He offered no specifics on that point.
What gets written next
Senich said time is tight for the CLARITY Act, the crypto market structure bill. The goal is straightforward. Move now while the votes line up. “We believe that the future of this industry rests with a Republican majority in Congress for us to get everything done that needs to be done,” he said. No one knows where the House majority will stand in a year. Work to that clock. He added a promise to “do everything we can to protect his house majority by electing Bitcoin and crypto champions” in the midterms.
This is how real shifts start. First the handshake. Then the language. Then the law. The Speaker is on record. Committee leaders are engaged. Treasury and White House staff are in the loop. The issues on the table are reserves, miner taxation, and market structure. If you want a front row seat in the next leg, you act while the door is still open.
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