As with any fledgling romance, Trumpworld and big money cryptocurrency interests were bound to have their first fight at some point.

It was late June heading into July, and two highly anticipated bills were in the pipeline to help fulfill President Donald Trump’s promises to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet” and usher in what his supporters believed would be a “golden age” of digital assets. Congress had one shot at passing something before the August recess.

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange, and Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm known as a16z, were, according to two Republicans involved in the negotiations, calling around to members to see if they