stable coins
By Maheen Hernandez
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Senate Fights Over Stablecoins. The stablecoin provisions are where things get messy.
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Political Calendar Complicates Timeline. Midterms are coming. If Democrats win, the whole legislative landscape shifts, and nobody knows…
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Trump wants the bill done. He said so at Mar-a-Lago during a meme coin event, where he talked about the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 and basically told Congress to…
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The House passed the thing back in June last year. Financial Services and Agriculture committees introduced it together, trying to split oversight between the CFTC and SEC while…
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The stablecoin provisions are where things get messy. Lawmakers can't settle on how these tokens should work or what kind of yields they can generate.
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Trump didn't hide his frustration. He's ready to sign immediately if the bill hits his desk, he said, but he's clearly annoyed with whoever he thinks is blocking progress.
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The CLARITY Act tries to draw clean lines. CFTC would handle digital commodities. SEC would take investment contract assets.
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The divide over stablecoin regulation runs deep. Different stakeholders want different frameworks, and the disagreements aren't just technical.
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Trump's commitment is clear. His administration wants digital asset legislation moving forward, and he's made that a priority.
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The approach to DeFi sparked its own debates. By targeting centralized intermediaries rather than decentralized protocols, the bill tries to thread a needle.
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Nine months since introduction. That's a long time for legislation that's supposed to bring clarity. The House did its part. The Senate hasn't.
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The regulatory split between CFTC and SEC was meant to simplify things. Digital commodities go one way, investment contracts go another, and everyone knows who's in charge of what.
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Industry participants are watching closely. Some pushed hard for the bill. Others worked against it, according to critics who say Coinbase undermined the whole effort.
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Trump's Mar-a-Lago event wasn't just about meme coins. He used the platform to pressure Congress, making clear he's ready to act if lawmakers send him the bill.
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