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The Clarity Act advances to a full U.S. Senate vote, a landmark step for American crypto regulation, though prediction markets give it only a 32.5% chance of becoming law by 2026.…
Anthropic will supply its Claude AI models to firms in the FCA's Supercharged Sandbox second cohort, accelerating regulated AI testing in UK financial services.…
The CLARITY Act's proposed ethics provisions would prohibit US public officials from issuing or sponsoring tokens, with Senator Cynthia Lummis confirming the rules apply to presidential crypto ventures including Trump's.…
Mizuho has downgraded Circle, warning that the Clarity Act could unleash a wave of new stablecoin competitors that threatens the company's future revenue.…
The CLARITY Act reached enactment in 2026 despite ethics-related delays, while Movement Labs files for bankruptcy in a turbulent week for crypto regulation.…
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warns that crypto vaults, onchain lending products, and asset management tools may trigger US securities laws based on their structure.…
The Clarity Act's latest draft blocks senior officials and spouses from issuing digital assets, but the ethics prohibition sunsets in 2029 and enforcement falls solely to the DOJ.…
Updated CLARITY Act language adds ethics rules barring certain government officials from issuing or promoting digital assets, with pre-existing holdings potentially subject to blind trusts.…
Senate Republicans unveiled the full text of H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a 616-page bill establishing federal crypto oversight and banning officials from issuing digital assets.…
Balance Coin imploded by more than 99% after attackers used a governance exploit to drain its Bitcoin vault, exposing critical DeFi security flaws.…
The BoE has published a landmark policy framework for systemic sterling stablecoins, replacing individual holding caps with a £40bn issuance guardrail and targeting a 2027 launch.…
Cincinnati's First Financial is acquiring northwest Indiana's Finward Bancorp for $208M, adding $2B in assets and 24 branches near Chicago.…