PANews reported on October 23rd that, according to US media reports, more than a dozen crypto industry leaders met with bipartisan leaders for nearly three hours on Wednesday. The discussion centered on the Crypto Market Structure Act, a bill aimed at establishing regulation for the industry and originally scheduled for review in late October. The ongoing government shutdown has delayed the bill. Participants stated that during the initial, hour-and-a-half-long meeting with Democrats (with Schumer briefly in attendance), lawmakers questioned crypto industry leaders about illicit finance and decentralized finance. In subsequent meetings with Republican lawmakers, which lasted over an hour, lawmakers expressed support for the industry and the bill.