Clarity Act, we hardly knew ye: We look at what was in the bill and what's replacing it
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The Clarity Act would have cleared that up and also elevated the SEC's sister agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to new authorities — most importantly full supervisory powers over the crypto commodity spot markets. Spot markets are where commodities trade directly, and since bitcoin
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This conflict is uniquely American, because the U.S.' regulatory regime developed completely separate securities and derivatives agencies, unlike the unification elsewhere. (Yes, everybody knows it's unnecessarily complicated.) So figuring out which one is responsible for each asset has been a minefield from day one.
Defining the different buckets of blockchain-native assets and who would regulate them was a core aspect of Clarity. Plus, the bill did a lot of things meant to curb illicit finance. And — in a particularly contentious arena — it sought to offer limited legal protections to software developers in decentralized finance (DeFi), so they wouldn't get prosecuted for how other people use their work.
We'll pass on talking about the sections that actually killed the bill, which had very little to do with the legislation's primary business. Instead, we'll look at what happens in the Clarity-shaped hole in U.S. policy. And thanks to the SEC, we didn't have to wait long.
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