After a Clarity Act funeral, the crypto world would keep turning
The Clarity Act, intended to provide a comprehensive regulatory framework for the U.S. crypto industry, appears unlikely to pass this year. In its absence, the SEC and CFTC are expected to continue managing the sector through existing authorities, guidance, and incremental policy efforts.
The legislation has hit a wall, and the odds of it breaking through get slimmer by the moment. So a new law may not arrive this year to clearly define the distinctions among crypto securities, commodities and other assets, nor who is responsible for overseeing the companies that handle them. And the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission may not get the explicit authority to govern the commodity trading in which the bulk of crypto changes hands.
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