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Story: Trump Backs CLARITY Act Ethics Clause, Pushing Crypto Bill Toward Senate Floor

By Steven Anderson

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What the Ethics Provision Actually Does. The ethics component had been hanging over the CLARITY Act for a while.

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Senate Republicans Hold the Cards Now. The ball is squarely in the Senate's court. Republican senators are expected to review the ethics…

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What's at Stake for Crypto Regulation. The CLARITY Act, if it passes, would reshape how cryptocurrencies are regulated in the United…

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The White House just cleared one of the last big roadblocks for the CLARITY Act. Donald Trump personally approved the bill's ethics provision, and the text has already been sent…

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That's a faster timeline than most people expected a few weeks ago.

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The ethics component had been hanging over the CLARITY Act for a while. It's basically the piece of the legislation designed to lay down clear conduct guidelines for participants…

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Trump's sign-off changes that math. The provision is now part of the package, and Republican senators have the document in hand.

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It's worth being clear about what this isn't. The Senate hasn't voted yet. No date has been announced publicly.

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The ball is squarely in the Senate's court. Republican senators are expected to review the ethics provision promptly — that's the expectation from the White House's side, anyway…

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That pressure cuts both ways. On one hand, the looming recess creates urgency for supporters of the CLARITY Act who want a vote before Congress goes dark for weeks.

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The political dynamics inside the Senate Republican caucus will matter a lot here. It's not enough to have the White House's endorsement — individual senators still need to agree…

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Read also: Coinbase Backs Revised CLARITY Act as 31% Polymarket Odds Expose Trump Ethics Drag

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And the CLARITY Act has faced delays before. The ethics concerns that just got resolved weren't the first obstacle the bill ran into.

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Clear rules would change that. They'd also create accountability structures that don't really exist at scale right now, which is partly what the ethics provision is trying to…

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Trump's backing of the ethics clause is a signal that the administration sees the CLARITY Act as worth pushing through, not just worth talking about. That's meaningful.

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