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Bitcoin’s post-election recovery and renewed ETF inflows suggest institutional interest remains intact, even as analysts warn that a Democratic-controlled Congress could delay US cryptocurrency legislation. Ryan Kirkley, co-founder and CEO of Global Settlement Network, told crypto.news that the midterm results…
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House Democrats have begun discussing a crypto market structure bill for the next Congress that would give the Securities and Exchange Commission more oversight and revive investor protections proposed by Representative Maxine Waters. Eleanor Terrett reported that the discussions involve…
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Democrats have won both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections, leaving the stalled CLARITY Act facing a change in congressional control while federal regulators continue developing their own crypto rules. The Associated Press reported that Democrats secured House…
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Stand With Crypto has predicted that the United States is on course to elect its most pro-Bitcoin Congress, as the advocacy group urged digital asset supporters to vote in the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Bitcoin Magazine shared a video of…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has advanced a voluntary federal registration pathway for crypto exchanges, Chairman Mike Selig has said, as Congress has yet to enact a crypto market-structure law. In an Oct. 26 X post, Mike Selig said…
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Former Democratic congressman Tim Ryan has said the CLARITY Act could still pass this year if lawmakers resolve disputes that blocked a 49–50 Senate vote on Sep. 15. Tim Ryan, a former U.S. Congressman and Shyft Policy Board Member, told…
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The Treasury Secretary wants it passed. The President worked senators in person. Coinbase's CEO says it is happening. Galaxy has it at 10%, down from 75% in May, and the prediction markets agree with Galaxy. One of those groups is wrong and we find out Tuesday.
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The House killed eight voting days, Polymarket odds crashed from 82% to 16%, and the ethics clause nobody can agree on may bury the most important crypto bill in a generation. The CLARITY Act was supposed to be the easy…
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SEC Chair Atkins expects passage, but the September 15 action is a 60-vote cloture hurdle with at least three unresolved fights capable of sinking the most ambitious crypto bill in American history. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act passed the…
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Congress gave agencies one year to write stablecoin rules. They missed it by four months and counting. The OCC expects a final rule by November, Tether still lacks a reciprocity determination, and the effective date keeps sliding.
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The Clarity Act just lost its window and regulation is arriving by rulemaking instead of legislation
Polymarket odds collapsed from 82 percent to 16 percent. The Senate returns September 14 with 14 working days and three unresolved disputes. Meanwhile the SEC, FASB, and OCC are writing rules that do not need a single congressional vote.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has prepared digital asset market structure proposals that could move forward even if Congress does not pass the CLARITY Act. Whale Insider reported on Aug. 20 that Selig said the CFTC already had regulatory proposals…
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Tyler Williams has left the U.S. Treasury as the CLARITY Act remains stalled and Bessent’s digital asset policy team faces a leadership gap.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has urged Congress to revise the CLARITY Act, warning that the crypto market structure bill could restrict states from prosecuting fraud and enforcing investor protection laws. James challenges the CLARITY Act’s enforcement rules James…
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The US House of Representatives has passed a congressional stock-trading ban by a 232-198 vote, sending the measure to the Senate despite criticism that it leaves existing holdings untouched. According to a statement from Representative Bryan Steil’s office, the House…
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Trump has postponed signing a housing bill that passed Congress with 358 House votes and 85 Senate votes, leaving a provision that would block a Federal Reserve-issued CBDC until 2030 in limbo. According to a July 24 Truth Social post…
