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House Holds CLARITY Act Hearing as Senate Vote Odds Drop to 43%
The House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Digital Assets is holding a field hearing in New York City today on the CLARITY Act, the most consequential piece of crypto legislation currently pending in Congress. The hearing begins at 10 a.m. ET at Federal Hall National Memorial and arrives at a critical juncture: lawmakers must secure...
Crypto Clarity Act Odds Drop to 50-50 as Talks Collapse
The U.S. Congress is now facing a critical 50-50 decision point on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, with bipartisan negotiations collapsing over ethics and law enforcement provisions just weeks before a crucial August recess deadline. Passage odds have plummeted from 74% a month ago to roughly 48% on prediction markets, and lawmakers now have...
CLARITY Act Passage Odds Collapse to 48% as Senate Negotiations Break Down
Bipartisan negotiations over the CLARITY Act have collapsed over ethics rules and law enforcement provisions, sending the bill’s passage odds plummeting from 74% to 48% on prediction markets and threatening the most significant piece of U.S. crypto legislation in nearly a decade. With Congress facing an August recess and a hard 20-working-day deadline, Senator Cynthia...
SEC-CFTC Joint Interpretation Ends Decade of Crypto Regulatory Uncertainty
The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission jointly released a landmark interpretation today clarifying how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets, marking the most significant regulatory guidance in over a decade of digital asset uncertainty. The move, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding between the two agencies, establishes a coherent token...
SEC-CFTC Joint Review Could Reshape Crypto Derivatives Classification
The SEC and CFTC have launched a joint review of U.S. derivatives rules and are seeking public comment on how existing regulations should apply to crypto products, marking a significant escalation in regulatory clarity efforts just as CME Group challenges the CFTC’s approval of perpetual futures contracts. The 60-day public comment period follows the agencies’...
Here’s What Happened in Crypto Today
The cryptocurrency market faced significant headwinds on June 18 as the Federal Reserve signaled a more aggressive monetary policy stance, reversing the week’s gains and triggering a broad selloff across digital assets. In parallel, U.S. regulators issued a landmark joint interpretation on crypto jurisdiction, providing long-awaited clarity on which assets fall under SEC versus CFTC...
SEC and CFTC Issue Historic Joint Crypto Interpretation
The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission jointly issued a landmark interpretation on June 18, 2026, clarifying how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets after more than a decade of regulatory ambiguity. The coordinated action represents the most significant regulatory development in digital assets this year and signals a unified federal...
White House Summit Accelerates US Crypto Regulation Framework
A pivotal White House meeting on June 9-10, 2026, has accelerated momentum around the CLARITY Act and its Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) component, marking the most significant regulatory development since the start of this year. The two-day summit brought together law enforcement agencies, White House officials, Congressional members, and Treasury Department FinCEN officials to...
CFTC Approves Onshore Bitcoin Perpetual Futures, Signals Regulatory Progress
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved onshore Bitcoin perpetual futures contracts, marking a significant regulatory milestone for institutional cryptocurrency trading in America. The approval, announced June 12, 2026, removes a critical infrastructure barrier for U.S.-based traders seeking high-leverage derivatives exposure to Bitcoin, signaling continued momentum toward mainstream financial integration of digital assets. Background...