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Story: CLARITY Act Faces Uncertain Future Amid Senate Ethics Battle and Trump’s Crypto…

By Sydney TheCMO

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Trump's $1.4 Billion and the Ethics Standoff. The real sticking point isn't technical crypto policy.

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What's Still Contested Inside the Bill. Even if the ethics fight got resolved tomorrow, there's still a list of unresolved issues buried…

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SEC and CFTC Fill the Gap. In the meantime, the SEC and CFTC aren't sitting still.

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The CLARITY Act is basically dead in the water — for now. A 49-50 Senate vote killed its immediate chances of advancing, and the path back looks narrow, complicated, and pretty…

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Republican Senator Thom Tillis pulled a procedural move at the last second, switching his vote not to kill the bill outright but to keep it technically alive for another run.

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The real sticking point isn't technical crypto policy. It's ethics — specifically, what to do about President Trump's crypto earnings. Trump reported $1.

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Seven Democratic senators have said they're still open to negotiating. That's not nothing. But openness to talks and actual votes are two very different things, and the gap…

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks — a Democrat who initially backed moving the bill forward — has said she's willing to work through the ethics provisions.

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Even if the ethics fight got resolved tomorrow, there's still a list of unresolved issues buried in the bill itself. Stablecoin yield caps are contentious.

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See also: Bitcoin Plummets to $75,242 as Fed Raises Rates and Rejects Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

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The Senate recess creates a hard deadline that nobody seems fully prepared for. One scenario that keeps coming up: a lame-duck session after the November elections.

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There's some precedent for optimism, though. The GENIUS bill — a stablecoin-focused piece of legislation — initially failed before getting enough support to pass after renewed…

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In the meantime, the SEC and CFTC aren't sitting still. Both agencies have kept issuing guidance on digital assets even without a comprehensive congressional framework, which…

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Industry watchers are paying close attention. The stakes here are high. A functioning federal framework for digital assets would reshape how exchanges, token issuers, and…

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More context: Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act Advances, Promises Relief for Crypto Users

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