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Jinse Finance reported, citing Crypto In America, that industry insiders say all parties have been "working hard" this week, working day and night to resolve key issues. Progress appears to be going smoothly so far, but it is still unclear when a draft will be available. Meanwhile, the draft from the Senate Agriculture Committee seems to be constantly changing. Last week, several sources said that the bipartisan draft was close to being finalized and that the text could be released as early as this week. However, the text has not yet been published. David Sacks, the White House director of cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence affairs, spoke by phone on Wednesday with the two main drafters of the bill—Senate President John Boozman (Republican, Arkansas) and Senator Cory Booker (Democrat, New Jersey). After the call, he said he was "encouraged by the current progress" and looked forward to seeing the bipartisan draft in the "near future." Regarding the text of the agriculture bill, what we know so far is that it will likely use brackets to indicate sections still under negotiation between Republicans and Democrats. These brackets represent unresolved provisions, which may change before the bill is finalized. Senators had previously hoped to complete the review before Thanksgiving, but that now seems unlikely. The Senate will be in recess next week, and if an agreement is reached to reopen the government this weekend, there will only be one session week left before Thanksgiving. Given the tight schedule, it now seems more likely that the review will take place in December, but as is always the case with Congress, everything remains uncertain.