Congress has finalized Clarity Act details ahead of August recess, putting U.S. crypto regulation in play. The bill could finally clarify who regulates what — or become another bureaucratic mess that helps incumbents more than builders.
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Standard Chartered says XRP ETFs could bring in $4B to $8B in year one, but only if the CLARITY Act gives institutions the legal certainty they need. Until then, a huge sell wall near $1.45 may keep XRP pinned.
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Bitcoin bounced from the brink of $59,000 to $67,000 in a week, altcoins joined the party, and yet market watcher John Gillen is still not calling it a clean reversal. Bitcoin price rebound: from just below $59,000 to $67,000 in about a week Altcoin rally: Ethereum and Solana gained 10% to 11% in a single […]
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The CLARITY Act faces ethics showdown as David Nage eyes July vote is creeping toward a possible July Senate vote, but the biggest fight in Washington is no longer about crypto market structure — it’s about ethics rules for the very politicians shaping the rules. Most of the bill’s substance is reportedly close to locked […]
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Bitcoin, U.S. Debt, and the CLARITY Act’s Next Big Test in the Senate Senator Cynthia Lummis is tying Bitcoin to America’s $39.2 trillion debt problem, arguing that scarce money is a rational response to a system that keeps diluting purchasing power. At the same time, the CLARITY Act is edging closer to a Senate floor […]
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Washington’s crypto problem isn’t a lack of rules. It’s a lack of coordination. The U.S. Government Accountability Office is pressing the FDIC to get its act together with other federal regulators on blockchain and crypto-related financial risks, warning that the government still does not have a durable oversight system just as stablecoin regulation becomes a […]
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The CFTC has brought in a former SEC crypto adviser to strengthen its data and enforcement chops just as the fight over digital asset oversight, prediction markets, and sports event contracts gets uglier. Donald Battle is now the CFTC’s chief data innovation officer He has experience at the SEC crypto task force, FinCEN, and the […]
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Donald Trump’s push for a major crypto market bill is colliding with ethics concerns, regulatory capture fears, and a pile of family-linked crypto ventures that keep making the whole thing smell like a payday for insiders. CLARITY Act is stalled by ethics, DeFi, and stablecoin fights Trump-linked crypto ventures are reportedly generating billions CFTC oversight […]
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XRP ETFs have brought real money into the market, but they have not solved the bigger problem: legal certainty. That’s why XRP can attract billions in inflows and still trade like the market is waiting for the other shoe to drop. Seven spot XRP ETFs are live in the US About $1.44 billion has flowed […]
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The CLARITY Act, Washington’s big crypto market structure bill, is getting squeezed by two poison pills at once: a Trump-linked ethics fight and a brutal dispute over Section 604, the developer-protection clause that law enforcement says could weaken anti-fraud and anti-money laundering tools. Two blockers: ethics enforcement and Section 604 Time pressure: 60 votes needed, […]
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