Clarity Act Fails After a Last-Minute Ethics Deal Is Killed
A procedural vote failed, but negotiations reached the final yard. Here is what broke the Clarity Act and what could revive it.
A procedural vote failed, but negotiations reached the final yard. Here is what broke the Clarity Act and what could revive it.
Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez faces another federal prison transfer after FCI McKean deactivated its drug treatment program, putting a potential sentence reduction at risk.
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All 11 Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee asked Chairman Tim Scott to hold a public hearing on prediction markets, after a closed-door meeting with
Bullish, Alpaca and Apex Fintech formed the Issuer Sponsored Token Coalition on Thursday to standardize tokenized stocks tied to issuing companies.
The CFTC updated its tokenized-asset guidance on Thursday, letting registered firms invest customer funds in tokenized form days after the CLARITY Act stalled.
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Bloomberg reports the Trump administration is weighing joint ventures with private stablecoin firms to push dollar-backed tokens into overseas markets.
The NYSE and Blockchain.com signed an MOU on September 23 to route 44M Blockchain.com users into the NYSE's planned tokenized-stocks venue, pending regulatory
Bitcoin topped $80,000 this week as spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbed nearly $1 billion in a single session, the largest daily ETP inflow since November 2024.
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American stablecoin interest jumps from 36% to 56% with hypothetical bank-level protections in a Visa survey of 2,192 U.S. adults.
EU central banks want MiCA's 30% stablecoin deposit rule replaced with liquidity tests, citing USDC's 2023 SVB exposure as evidence.
CFTC Chair Michael Selig told regulators to prepare U.S. markets for mass tokenization, recapping agency moves on 24/7 trading and stablecoin collateral.
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight warned Tuesday that mention-market contracts carry heightened manipulation risk, with Kalshi and Polymarket in scope.
CLARITY Act failed a 49-50 Senate vote on Sept. 15. Fairshake plans to spend $30M opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio, while a lame-duck revival remains possible.
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The ECB and EU national central banks want MiCA's stablecoin interest ban extended to crypto lending, staking and borrowing, citing risks of indirect yield
SEC crypto counsel Taylor Lindman said a custody proposal would let broker-dealers carry non-security crypto and clarify adviser custody. The rule sits at OMB.
Kalshi filed Sept. 18 with the SEC (SR-KALSHIEX-2026-02) and the CFTC to list perpetual security futures on 58 US stocks and ETFs. CFTC approval pending.
The Manhattan US Attorney's Office is leading a DOJ probe into whether Binance knowingly allowed Iran-sanctions-violating trades, per Bloomberg.
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Former Sen. Sherrod Brown is running again in Ohio against Republican Jon Husted, a crypto ally. Crypto PACs spent $40M to defeat him in 2024.
Polymarket US faced a $10M debit-card fraud attempt in February. CEO Shayne Coplan told staff to prioritize growth over fines, WSJ reports.
Goldman tells clients the SEC's Sept. 17 tokenized stock exemption covers AMM venues only and excludes CLOBs, with a five-year clock.
The CFTC filed its crypto market-structure rulemaking with OIRA on Sept.
Coinbase Derivatives filed on Sept. 18 to list cash-settled US single-stock perpetuals with the CFTC. The CFTC docket shows the product 'Approval Pending (45)'.
EU banks doubled on the MiCA crypto register to about 80 by Sept. 16, 2026, lifting their share to 23%.
ECB President Christine Lagarde reportedly asked Greek PM Mitsotakis not to approve Binance's MiCA license. Binance withdrew its Greek filing on June 24, 2026, a week before the EU's July 1 deadline, leaving its French entity unable to offer spot, margin, or futures trading.
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