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Story: Trump’s CLARITY Act Stalls in Congress Over Ethics Fights and Crypto Ties

By Pankaj K

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What the Bill Actually Tries to Do. At its core, the CLARITY Act targets the ambiguity that's defined crypto regulation for years.

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Congress Is Divided and Ethics Questions Won't Go Away. The legislative path is murky at best. Congress is split on the bill, and it's not just a partisan…

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Bipartisan Support Is the Missing Piece. For the CLARITY Act to move, Trump needs bipartisan backing. He doesn't seem to have it yet.

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Donald Trump wants to rewrite the rules for digital assets. The proposal is called the CLARITY Act, and it's basically his answer to years of complaints from the crypto industry…

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The pitch is straightforward enough. The CLARITY Act would set up a comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies — one that's supposed to be transparent, adaptable,…

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The bill is part of a broader digital asset market structure effort in Congress. It's not a standalone document dropped out of nowhere — it's tied to a wider push to figure out…

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Those ethics questions have created a real stall. Debates over transparency and accountability provisions inside the bill have slowed things down considerably, and there's no…

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No vote timeline has been set. That's probably the clearest signal of where things stand — nobody's scheduling this thing because nobody knows if the votes are there.

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The absence of a schedule leaves the crypto industry in a frustrating holding pattern. Companies and investors want regulatory clarity — that's not a new complaint — but the path…

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For the CLARITY Act to move, Trump needs bipartisan backing. He doesn't seem to have it yet. Opposition is described as robust, and the ethical concerns haven't faded.

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Supporters of the bill argue the U.S. can't afford to keep stalling. The global crypto market isn't waiting around for Washington to get its act together.

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Related: 47% of Crypto Firms Now Clear Compliance Bars That Once Seemed Unreachable

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And the stalemate feeds on itself. The longer there's no consensus, the more uncertainty piles up for an industry that's already operating under pressure.

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Trump keeps pushing. The opposition keeps pushing back. The ethics debates keep grinding. And the CLARITY Act sits in limbo, caught between a genuine regulatory need and a…

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