Tagged: the clarity act

March 20, 2026 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto insiders are indicating a deal on the stablecoin yield issue may be near. Currently, the CLARITY Act, or the crypto market infrastructure legislation, is largely being held up by the potential stablecoin holders earning yield on their funds. Banks do not like it because… Read More

March 18, 2026 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The CLARITY Act, or crypto market infrastructure legislation, is parked in the Senate after being approved in the House, and is largely held up by whether stablecoin holders will benefit from yield (or interest payments). As stablecoins must hold matching, low-risk assets like T-Bills, the… Read More

March 4, 2026 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social yesterday to lambast legacy banks and their inability to compromise on crypto market infrastructure legislation. The CLARITY Act (or whatever it ends up being called) remains stalled in the Senate largely due to pushback from incumbent banks and… Read More

February 26, 2026 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

While everyone has been focused on getting a workable crypto market infrastructure bill through the US Senate, the Cato Institute, a Libertarian think tank, worries that the current legislation may boost the ability of the Feds to monitor your and possibly abuse your financial existence…. Read More

February 23, 2026 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The biggest hurdle to the CLARITY Act‘s approval in the Senate appears to be the issue of stablecoin holders generating yield. The bugaboo here is legacy banks, which tend to hold deposits and pay little to no yield to their customers. As these same banks… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peter Van Valkenburgh, Executive Director of Coin Center, highlighted a decisive shift in congressional debates over digital asset market structure. After months of negotiations on technical matters—including how to classify tokens, handle yield on stablecoins, and divide oversight between federal agencies—the discussion in the Senate… Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic indicated in a blog post that as part of an ongoing effort to further solidify the US’s position as a global enabler of web3 and digital assets, lawmakers and the White House are working urgently to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act—widely known… Read More

February 11, 2026 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The vote on the CLARITY Act, derailed by a last-minute loss of support from cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), had been forcing the government to reevaluate its crypto policy once again. Despite the delays, could this be a good thing? Xin Yan, Co-founder and CEO of Sign believes… Read More

February 10, 2026 @ 9:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, the second Crypto powow at the White House took place, bringing together teams representing the digital asset sector and the establishment banking industry. The goal is to garner reconciliation between the two groups who remain in disagreement over several issues, perhaps most importantly, the… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 2:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Web3 had some interesting thoughts on the importance of the Saudis, tokenization, the CLARITY Act, cryptocurrency, and precious metals. Precious metals vs. Bitcoin “This morning, investors are reckoning with a new reality as gold hits $5,000 for the first time in history, while silver has… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 1:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill and House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson have joined in welcoming the Senate Committee on Agriculture’s approval of crypto market legislation. The Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act advanced out of Committee earlier today. Representative Hill stated: “Last July,… Read More

January 22, 2026 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The CLARITY Act, crypto market infrastructure legislation, imploded last week after Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN)  announced it could not support the bill in its current form. Other insiders chimed in, and Senate Banking Committee leadership decided to hit the pause button, regroup, and try to modify the language to be more… Read More

January 14, 2026 @ 12:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

While there have been multiple reports regarding horse trading related to the crypto infrastructure legislation, at this moment, the Senate Banking Committee still has a markup hearing tomorrow, January 15th, at 10AM ET. Reports emerged yesterday of dozens of amendments to the bill as members… Read More

January 14, 2026 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The Senate Banking Committee, which will soon hold a markup hearing on the crypto infrastructure bill, has posted a “Myth vs. Fact” document sharing its perspective on the legislation, which aims to create a regulatory ecosystem to enable digital asset innovation. The Committee, controlled by… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto market infrastructure legislation is expected to move to market next month. First reported by CryptoinAmerica, the Senate Banking Committee has selected January 15th as the date members will determine the language of the bill. The CLARITY Act was passed by the US House of… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto market infrastructure legislation, known as the CLARITY Act, which has already been approved in the House, is expected to move to markup next month and head to the President’s desk to be signed into law early next year. Senator Tim Scott, Chairman of the… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

While the CLARITY Act passed the US House of Representatives eons ago, the legislation has been parked in the Senate as policymakers hash out their version of the digital asset market infrastructure bill. Yesterday, the Senate Agriculture Committee posted a bipartisan “discussion draft” of the… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The US House of Representatives approved digital asset market infrastructure, the CLARITY Act, last July. Since then, the legislation has been stalled in the Senate as members hash out potential changes to the language of the bill, with Republicans distributing their draft and, more recently,… Read More

August 1, 2025 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, the White House issued a report on the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets. David Sacks, the President’s crypto czar, said the report provides a “long-awaited regulatory clarity for innovators in a cutting-edge industry.” “President Trump is delivering on his promise… Read More

July 23, 2025 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

A group of Republican Senators has submitted a discussion draft for digital asset market structure legislation. This follows the signing into law of the GENIUS Act, stablecoin legislation, and the approval in the House of Representatives of the CLARITY Act, a similar market structure legislation…. Read More