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September 28: This week in crypto federal policy (opens the original)
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This week decodedThe CFTC is in a busy stretch - in addition to tackling market structure clarity, it issued an informational advisory limiting when prediction markets can offer “mention” contracts and updated its FAQs Concerning Registrant and Registered Entity Activities Relating to Crypto Assets and Blockchain Technologies. It also launched a new Frontier Forum Series, a set of public roundtables on the technologies transforming American financial markets. The Fed issued long-awaited proposed
September 21: This week in crypto federal policy (opens the original)
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This week decodedBig swings are not limited to crypto markets. Setting the stage this week, Washington moves on from a major legislative setback on market structure legislation but also with meaningful progress on digital asset tax policy and a long-awaited SEC initiative.The downsCongress’s calendar is tightening quickly. The House left Washington abruptly last week, and it remains unclear when the Senate will depart for the remainder of the campaign season, leaving limited time and an uncertai
July 27: This week in crypto federal policy (opens the original)
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This week decodedDriving the week in crypto federal policy, Senate Republicans released revised text of the Clarity Act that includes White House-approved ethics limits which would apply to the president and vice president, members of Congress, senior federal officials, judges and their spouses (but not children of federal officials); the U.S. attorney general would have sole jurisdiction over enforcing ethics violations, while state attorneys general are specifically banned from enforcing the r
July 20: This week in crypto federal policy (opens the original)
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This week decodedThe CLARITY Act’s path to the finish line got more complicated this week, even as negotiators keep pushing to resolve remaining issues. Staff on the Senate Agriculture and Banking Committees continue working to reconcile their separate drafts into a single bill and members grapple with concerns from some law enforcement groups about illicit finance risks tied to crypto developer protections. Perhaps the largest looming question is on ethics limits for federal officials; Sens. Cy
July 13: This week in crypto federal policy (opens the original)
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This week decodedPresident Trump’s financial disclosures revealed he earned $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency ventures in 2025, further complicating Senate negotiations over ethics provisions in the CLARITY Act. Limited time remains before the end-of-July target deadline for Senate consideration of the market structure bill. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, including a provision barring the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency through 2030, became law without the pres
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