Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, was in South Carolina for a town hall advocating gun safety measures on the 10th anniversary of a massacre at a predominantly Black church, and did not vote on the crypto bill. In a statement, he said he supported its passage.

The Senate passed a bill to regulate stablecoins June 17, marking a major step forward for one of two cryptocurrency bills Congress is working on. Lawmakers passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, or GENIUS Act, in a 68-30 vote, with 18 Democrats voting in favor of the mostly Republican-led legislation.

Senate Republicans teamed up with a bloc of Democrats to pass a landmark cryptocurrency bill that would establish the first regulatory framework for issuers of stablecoins.