
KEY POINTS
- Rep. Carey said the DeFi broker rule 'needlessly hindered American innovation'
- Rep. Smith said the rule 'went beyond the scope of the law'
- Trump has been embracing crypto since he stepped into power earlier this year
U.S. President Donald Trump has become the first president in the country's history to sign a cryptocurrency-centric bill into law after he signed a House and Senate-passed bill that will repeal the Biden-era "DeFi broker rule" under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).