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Senate Republicans release updated CLARITY Act with new crypto ethics restrictions
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23 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 23 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Senate Republicans released an updated CLARITY Act adding ethics restrictions on digital asset activities by public officials and spouses, following White House negotiations. The bill faces continued opposition over stablecoin regulation and House-Senate jurisdictional differences, with year-end passage now more likely than earlier timelines.
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If you're building stablecoin or crypto market infrastructure in the US, the CLARITY Act's ethics layer now isolates a specific problem - public officials can't trade what they regulate. That's not a blocker; it's permission to move forward on the rest of the bill whilst Congress solves the harder jurisdictional fights between Senate and House. Year-end passage shifts from speculation to planning.
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Fintech · crypto-regulation · clarity-act · ethics-restrictions · stablecoin · senate-republicans