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By Jean-Luc Maracon
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Two Delays, One Messy Week. It wasn't just the tokenization exemption that got shelved.
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Where the CLARITY Act Actually Stands. The CLARITY Act is supposed to be the big one. It would create the first comprehensive federal…
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What Firms Are Watching Now. There's no new date on the calendar for either the tokenization exemption or the startup-exemption…
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The SEC just blinked. Again. The agency has postponed its tokenization "innovation exemption" for the second time, and the reason is pretty much what everyone feared — Congress…
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The delay ties directly to unresolved Senate negotiations over Section 10505 of the CLARITY Act, the chunk of the bill that spells out how tokenized securities get classified and…
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It wasn't just the tokenization exemption that got shelved. The SEC also canceled a Friday meeting that had been set to vote on crypto startup fundraising exemptions — part of…
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That startup exemption matters a lot to early-stage crypto firms. The proposal would have let them raise capital without fully complying with standard securities-offering rules —…
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Both delays — the tokenization exemption and the startup fundraising vote — are now expected to stay frozen until the Senate actually moves on the CLARITY Act.
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The CLARITY Act is supposed to be the big one. It would create the first comprehensive federal framework for digital assets, splitting oversight duties between the SEC and the…
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But momentum cools fast in Washington. The bill is now unlikely to get a procedural vote until at least September 15, after the Senate returns from recess. That's the timeline.
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Read also: Franklin Templeton Gets SEC Green Light to Buy Into Its Own 12-Condition Tokenized Fund
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So the SEC is basically parked. The agency needs legislative clarity before it can move forward with exemptions that might otherwise conflict with whatever Congress eventually…
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The broader Project Crypto initiative was supposed to signal a more industry-friendly era at the SEC under Atkins. And in some ways it still might — the intent seems clear enough.
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It's worth noting how unusual this kind of legislative dependency feels for the SEC. The agency typically sets its own rulemaking pace.
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