The OCC dropped a proposed presumption that could have swept third-party stablecoin rewards into the yield ban, leaving scrutiny to individual cases. Meanwhile, the SEC weighs fundraising exemptions and companies push back on tokenized-stock plans.
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Patrick Witt’s temporary White House crypto post has ended without a named successor, as Senate talks on the CLARITY Act remain stalled. Disputes over stablecoin rewards and ethics rules persist, but the failed procedural vote was not a final rejection of the bill.
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Bitcoin and ether rose after the Senate stalled the CLARITY Act, while SEC guidance and conditional relief opened limited paths for token buybacks and tokenized stocks. But the rally’s cause is unclear, and lasting regulatory certainty remains elusive.
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The Senate is set to take a crucial Sept. 15 cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, a crypto market-structure bill that could finally force Washington to define who regulates digital assets. Stablecoin rewards, AML rules and SEC-vs.-CFTC turf wars could decide whether the bill moves forward or stalls.
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A revised Clarity Act draft adds new DeFi rules ahead of the Sept. 15 Senate procedural vote, but the biggest fights over stablecoin rewards, ethics, and SEC vs. CFTC power are still unresolved. The bill tries to draw a line between real decentralization and dressed-up centralization.
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The Senate’s CLARITY Act is bogged down by a three-way fight over crypto conflict rules, ethics limits and stablecoin rewards, with vertical integration at the center. Even getting cloture is now a tough 60-vote climb, and a win would only start the real battle.
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Bessent is urging the Senate to move on the CLARITY Act, but the crypto market structure bill still faces a steep climb: a 60-vote hurdle, unresolved fights over developers, stablecoins, and AML rules, and odds that analysts say are getting worse fast.
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Senate Democrats and Republicans are headed for a showdown over the CLARITY Act, with Trump-linked crypto ethics, DeFi protections, and stablecoin rewards threatening to sink a key procedural vote before real debate even begins.
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The CLARITY Act is running into a brutal timing squeeze: the House has chopped September voting days just as the Senate’s Sept. 15 vote only begins a longer, messier process. With stablecoin rewards still in dispute and odds looking shaky, Congress may simply run out the clock.
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Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser supports advancing the CLARITY Act, but wants tougher limits on stablecoin rewards. Banks warn these programs could drain deposits and hurt lending, while crypto says Congress shouldn’t confuse real usage incentives with backdoor interest.
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