Technology
By Pankaj K
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What happened. Two massive regulatory fights are running at the same time right now, and neither one is close to…
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The historical context. It's worth remembering where we've been before. The early 2000s saw regulators scramble to catch…
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Why it matters. For crypto, the stakes are pretty clear. A CLARITY Act that passes and holds up could pull the…
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What to watch. A few specific things are worth tracking closely right now.
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The CLARITY Act is a big deal for crypto. It takes direct aim at how non-decentralized finance protocols get classified — whether they fall under securities law, commodities law,…
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It's worth remembering where we've been before. The early 2000s saw regulators scramble to catch up with digital communications companies, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 came…
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On the AI side, the anxiety feels older than it looks. The Luddites weren't wrong to worry about industrial automation reshaping their world — they were just early.
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For crypto, the stakes are pretty clear. A CLARITY Act that passes and holds up could pull the market out of its long speculative phase and into something more institutionally…
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The AI slowdown argument cuts differently. A deliberate deceleration in development isn't great for short-term innovation, but it buys time.
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More context: Letitia James Leads 17 AGs to Block Crypto Clarity Act Vote in Senate
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So the winners here, in both sectors, are probably the firms that can navigate the new rules without losing their operational edge.
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The Senate cloture vote on the CLARITY Act needs 60 or more votes to move the bill into the amendment phase. That's the next real checkpoint.
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AI stock performance over the coming week is also worth watching. A drop of 10% or more in major AI indices would be a meaningful signal — it'd suggest the market is genuinely…
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Read also: Senates CLARITY Act Faces Critical Vote After Intense Bipartisan Negotiations
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And on the CLARITY Act's implementation side, keep an eye on the role of state Attorneys General in enforcing the ethics provisions.
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