Sen. Cynthia Lummis is backing the CLARITY Act as Congress wrestles with the crypto industry’s biggest question: who regulates what? The bill could bring long-needed rules for tokens, exchanges, custody, and DeFi — but it’s no free pass, and the Senate fight is just getting started.
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The CLARITY Act is one of the most serious attempts yet to stop U.S. crypto regulation from being a total legal dumpster fire. It would draw a hard line between digital commodities and digital securities, shift many tokens under CFTC oversight, protect much of DeFi, and block a retail CBDC. It is also still imperfect, […]
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Solana Holds $85 as Alpenglow Upgrade and ETF Inflows Support SOL Price Solana is holding the line around $85.77, and this time the market has more than just vibes to justify the move. A live-test upgrade that could cut transaction finality to about 150 milliseconds, a rebound in spot Solana ETF inflows, and friendlier U.S. […]
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The CLARITY Act is no longer being treated like dead political paperwork, and that matters for Bitcoin, crypto markets, and the entire U.S. digital asset industry. With Polymarket odds of passage in 2026 rising above 60%, the market is starting to price in something the U.S. has badly lacked for years: a real framework for […]
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Arthur Hayes wants the CLARITY Act dead on arrival, calling the U.S. crypto market structure bill unnecessary regulation even as it moves closer to becoming law. Hayes says the CLARITY Act should be vetoed May 21 is the practical deadline CFTC gains power, SEC loses ground Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana would be classed as digital […]
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SEC-CFTC Crypto Framework 2024: Bitcoin, Ethereum Classified as Commodities On March 17, U.S. regulators dropped a regulatory earthquake on the crypto world. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unveiled a joint five-tier classification framework to finally sort out whether digital assets are securities or commodities. This move aims […]
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SEC and CFTC Roll Out Token Taxonomy: 16 Cryptos Classified as Commodities in Regulatory Shake-Up Washington has just dropped a regulatory bombshell that could reshape the crypto landscape. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have unveiled a joint “Token Taxonomy,” a guideline intended to cut through years […]
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