The stablecoin bill, known as the Genius Act, and the crypto market structure bill, known as the Clarity Act, both received notable bipartisan support. Democratic lawmakers joined with Republicans to pass the stablecoin bill 308-122.

House Republicans promoted this week as the latest step for the U.S. to become the “crypto capital of the world.”

President Donald Trump signed the first federal bill to regulate stablecoins, hailing it as a “giant step to cement American dominance of global finance and crypto technology” and delivering a major victory for the digital asset industry.

In a week of landmark legislative wins for the crypto industry, the U.S. House of Representatives has now passed all three key bills — the CLARITY Act, the GENIUS Act, and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act. But despite what many in the industry have called a historic breakthrough, markets are barely reacting.

However, as Congress moves on to debate a second bill that would create regulations around cryptocurrencies and exchanges, critics warn that the passage of stablecoin legislation

ABC News’ Morgan Norwood is joined by House Committee on Financial Services member Rep. William Timmons (R- S.C.) to discuss the newly signed law that would govern cryptocurrencies.

Most entities now considering tapping into stablecoins amid the GENIUS Act’s passage say they would first use them for largely “back-end” purposes, like reducing fees paid by merchants to credit card companies or more easily converting currencies from cross-border payments.

Not all crypto-linked stocks were getting a boost. MicroStrategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, was down 4.2% on Friday. Shares often follow fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin, which has fallen 1% over the past 24 hours to $117,726, according to CoinDesk.