The Clarity Act is the most important consumer protection effort in years
The Clarity Act is proposed as a legislative framework to establish federal consumer protections for digital asset markets. It aims to mandate registration, custody, and disclosure requirements to prevent market failures similar to the FTX collapse.
Consumers were hurt after the collapse of FTX because basic protections either arrived too late or were missing altogether. Many did not know where their assets were held, whether their property was held separate from the platform’s funds, or what would happen if the company failed. Regulators, bankruptcy courts, and enforcement agencies were left to sort through the wreckage, and the customers paid the price.
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