Trump refuses to sign law with U.S. CBDC ban, demands approval of elections bill

Policy Trump refuses to sign law with U.S. CBDC ban, demands approval of elections bill As Congress prepared to celebrate the president's signing of the bipartisan housing bill that contains a CBDC prohibition, Trump abruptly cancelled the event. By Jesse Hamilton | Edited by Cheyenne Ligon Jun 24, 2026, 3:42 p.m. 2 min read Make preferred on Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Make preferred on Summary Show President Donald Trump has cancelled a celebratory signing of Congress' bipartisan housing bill, which also pauses the legislation's CBDC ban and also could have implications for the crypto Clarity Act. The housing legislation had included a four-year ban on a Federal Reserve CBDC, which was a welcome development for digital-dollar critics in the crypto industry, but it'll have to wait for the rest of the package to get signed into law. The industry's primary focus in Washington, the Clarity Act, likely has only a handful of weeks left to get approval by the Senate, so any major delay could be a difficult obstacle. U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to sign a law that includes a four-year ban on central bank digital currencies, which was part of Congress' housing affordability bill, until he gets unrelated legislation passed that would demand proof of citizenship from voters. Trump had a signing ceremony planned for Wednesday, but he said in a post on Truth Social that it's "hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency." The legislation he's referring to carries a number of contentious federal voting policies to require citizenship proof and identification from voters, though Republican leaders have reportedly hit a wall on support for the bill. The president had made a threat earlier this year to block all other legislation until the SAVE America Act lands on his desk, though until Wednesday morning, he'd been planning on the signing of the major effort to address the affordability of homes in the U.S. "It has been stuck in the Senate," Speaker of the House Mike Johnson told reporters , saying the bill needs to be put into another budget bill. "So that's what we're going to do." Jeopardizing the existing bill could represent a heavy blow to Congress, in which both parties had embraced the housing effort, but it's also a potential setback to the anti-CBDC forces. While the U.S. wasn't poised to issue a CBDC any time soon, the idea to ban such a digital dollar was strongly supported by a crypto industry looking forward to the bill's four-year prohibition that extends to the end of 2030. Republican politicians have argued that a digital dollar managed by the Federal Reserve could be used to spy on the finances of citizens. And Trump signed an executive order last year banning any U.S. moves toward a CBDC, which he argued would "threaten the stability of the financial system, individual privacy, and the sovereignty of the United States." And if Trump delays Congress with this latest dispute, that could also have dangerous timing implications for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act — the crypto industry's central aim for the dwindling congressional session. The Senate calendar only has about five weeks remaining before Congress' summer break, giving the industry and its allies little time to iron out the remaining wrinkles in the crypto market structure bill and get it on the Senate floor for a vote. The process can't afford any further significant delays if the Clarity Act is to become law in 2026. Before his cancellation of the housing bill signing, Trump had posted on his social-media platform that the housing bill is of "minor importance compared to lower interest rates" and other congressional priorities, and he criticized the involvement of Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren. The president has a constitutionally designated 10-day window to weigh approved bills for signature once they land on his desk. 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