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Patrick Witt leaves the White House Crypto Council after his temporary assignment ends, as the CLARITY Act remains stalled in the U.S. Senate.
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Crypto’s largest election spending network is backing 32 House incumbents after the Senate declined to advance the CLARITY Act. The money may protect votes already won in the House, but the bill’s failure exposed a different problem: its supporters need…
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Zcash advocacy group PGPZ has registered to lobby in Washington on the CLARITY Act, crypto taxes, privacy and developer protections.
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Bitwise has identified four crypto sectors that benefited from the CLARITY Act’s Senate setback, with NEAR gaining 104% and Uniswap rising 49% between the vote and Sep. 30. Bitwise Asset Management chief investment officer Matt Hougan wrote in a Sep.…
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The Congressional Research Service has identified 11 categories of crypto activities that the Senate-reported CLARITY Act would permit for U.S. banking organizations and credit unions, including digital asset underwriting and dealing. The Congressional Research Service published its analysis, “Crypto and…
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Stand With Crypto endorsed its first three Senate candidates on September 30, two weeks after the CLARITY Act failed to clear a procedural vote. The three races do not map neatly onto three new votes for the bill. One endorsed…
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Bitcoin has faced a larger threat from a possible second Federal Reserve rate hike than from the Senate’s failed CLARITY Act vote, according to comments from a HashKey Group researcher shared with crypto.news. Tim Sun, HashKey Group’s senior researcher, told…
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The US 10-year Treasury yield has reached 5.2% during trading, raising questions about whether crypto can hold its recent gains while another Federal Reserve rate hike remains possible and a major US digital asset bill is stalled. The US Treasury…
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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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In an interview with crypto.news, Selva Ozelli speaks with CKC Fund founder and managing director David Doss about institutional digital asset investing, risk management and the infrastructure needed to connect crypto strategies with professional investors. The discussion also covers Bitcoin…
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The Senate stopped short of debating a federal crypto market structure bill. A week later, the CFTC chair was still laying out plans for tokenized collateral and round-the-clock markets. The agencies can act under existing law, but their records show…
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Bitcoin could face a longer period of regulatory uncertainty after the CLARITY Act stalled in the U.S. Senate, although the setback has not changed BTC’s current classification as a digital commodity. According to a Sept. 22 report from Bitplanet Research…
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Sen. Cynthia Lummis blamed Democrats for the CLARITY Act’s 49-50 procedural defeat as both parties signaled interest in renewed crypto talks.
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BitGo says Bitcoin absorbed a Fed rate hike and failed CLARITY vote before rebounding above $86,000 as ETF demand returned.
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Geo has launched a short-form video debate platform that turns opposing views into traceable claims, starting with whether crypto needs the CLARITY Act to succeed. Geo said in a Sep. 22 announcement that its new product combines the viewing format…
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The Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act has left existing customer identification, anti-money laundering, sanctions, and suspicious activity reporting requirements unchanged for covered U.S. crypto businesses. CLARITY Act vote leaves existing AML duties intact Prove Global Head of Digital…