The CLARITY Act is heading toward the Senate, but the supposed Sept. 15 vote isn’t confirmed. The bill could finally bring order to crypto oversight by splitting SEC and CFTC authority — or just create a cleaner set of loopholes in Washington’s usual mess.
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Brad Garlinghouse is pushing Washington to clean up crypto’s regulatory mess, while the CFTC signals it may move ahead on market rules if Congress stalls on the Clarity Act. The fight is still about who gets to regulate crypto — and who gets left in the gray zone.
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The CLARITY Act may be stuck in Congress, but U.S. crypto rules are still moving. As the SEC and CFTC keep shaping the market from the sidelines, the real fight is over who gets to write the playbook—and how much certainty crypto actually gets.
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CME and Kalshi’s public sparring at a CFTC roundtable exposed a much bigger fight: whether U.S. prediction markets are legitimate financial instruments or gambling in a suit. With courts, states, and regulators already circling, the outcome could reshape the whole market.
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The CFTC may not wait for Congress to get its act together on crypto rules. If the Clarity Act keeps stalling, the agency could lean on its existing powers, leaving U.S. crypto firms stuck with more regulation by enforcement and less real market structure clarity.
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Coinbase may be cheering the CLARITY Act, but the real story is a proposed U.S. crypto framework that gives the CFTC more room while keeping the SEC, AML rules, and compliance obligations firmly in the game. Promising clarity? Yes. A free pass? Not even close.
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Bitcoin extended its rally on strong ETF inflows and Treasury buyback headlines, while XRP ripped higher on surging South Korean demand. But with leverage stretched and regulators still fumbling the script, this move may be powerful — and fragile.
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CFTC and SEC are finally spelling out how crypto fits under existing U.S. law, but Congress still hasn’t delivered a real market-structure bill. The result: more clarity for builders and exchanges now, but no substitute for actual legislation.
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Trump is pressing Congress to pass the CLARITY Act, a market-structure bill that could finally define U.S. crypto rules and split oversight between the SEC and CFTC. But with Senate fights over DeFi, ethics, and stablecoin rewards, the path forward is anything but clean.
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Kalshi has filed to bring perpetual futures on a U.S. stock index and copper into the CFTC’s orbit, but nothing is approved yet. The move lands amid an unresolved legal fight over whether perps belong in futures or swaps, and who gets to regulate them.
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