Crypto Policy

Ripple

2026-08-18 22:07:23

Ripple legal chief says Sept. 15 will be the key test for the Clarity Act

Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty said Sept. 15 will be a pivotal date for judging whether the U.S. crypto market structure bill known as the Clarity Act can keep moving through Congress. Speaking at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2026, Alderoty said the Senate is set to hold its first procedural motion on that date to decide whether to move into formal consideration of the bill. The motion will need 60 votes to clear the way for the legislation to advance. Alderoty, who also serves as president of the National Crypto Association, said the outcome will act as a signal for whether the Clarity Act still has a path forward in Congress. He added that even if market structure legislation stalls, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have both said they will continue developing crypto regulations. In his view, the two agencies have recently shown closer coordination on digital asset oversight, which he described as a positive sign. Still, he said the industry would prefer congressional legislation because statutory law is more durable and harder to reverse than agency rulemaking alone.

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SEC

2026-08-14 00:15:27

SEC Delays Tokenized Asset Exemption Again Amid Wall Street, White House Concerns

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is once again postponing the launch of an innovation exemption program for tokenized assets, following feedback from Wall Street and the White House, according to CoinDesk. The proposed exemption was designed to give U.S. crypto firms a regulatory sandbox lasting 12 to 36 months, allowing them to issue and trade tokenized securities. The central point of contention is whether the exemption would permit third parties to issue tokenized equity without the consent of the listed company involved. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce responded publicly on X, defending the framework as narrowly scoped, aimed solely at facilitating digital representations of existing equity securities rather than synthetic products. This latest delay marks continued friction between regulatory innovation efforts and pressure from major financial and governmental stakeholders. The plan's fate remains tied to how the SEC resolves the third-party issuance question and how it weighs the concerns raised by powerful critics.

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Clarity Act

2026-08-08 14:29:25

Senate Schedules Sept. 15 Vote on Clarity Act Advancement After Thune Files Cloture

Senate Majority Leader Thune has filed a cloture motion to advance the Clarity Act, crypto reporter Eleanor Terrett said on X. The Senate agreed this morning to hold the vote after reconvening at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15.

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a16z

2026-08-07 07:33:57

a16z Says the CLARITY Act Is Urgent as the U.S. Crypto Market Outgrows Patchwork Rules

a16z crypto has published a Q&A-style recap of a recent video conversation featuring firm co-founder Marc Andreessen and a16z crypto founder Chris Dixon, arguing that the proposed CLARITY Act is needed now because the U.S. crypto market has already become a large financial and technical sector while federal oversight remains incomplete. Their case is that stablecoins already move trillions of dollars each year, major banks and payment companies are building on-chain products, and blockchain networks have become faster and cheaper, yet the rules governing trading venues, intermediaries, disclosures, and customer asset protections are still fragmented. In the discussion, Andreessen and Dixon say the bill would draw a clearer line between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, set disclosure and conduct standards for projects and insiders, and place crypto trading platforms and other intermediaries under a regime closer to traditional financial markets. They also argue that the bill addresses consumer protection, anti-money-laundering and sanctions compliance, privacy, developer liability, stablecoin rewards, and the question of whether key blockchain infrastructure will be built in the United States or elsewhere.

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a16z

2026-08-06 15:08:08

a16z Co-Founder Says Failure to Pass CLARITY Act Would Leave Crypto Industry on Regulatory Quicksand

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen and a16z crypto founder and managing partner Chris Dixon published a dialogue post on the CLARITY Act, arguing that the U.S. crypto industry still lacks a durable federal framework beyond stablecoin oversight. The piece says stablecoins have reached a scale comparable to Visa network volume, while blockchain networks and broader markets remain outside a complete federal regime. It also addresses three flash points: stablecoin yield, developer liability, and how the bill would separate SEC and CFTC oversight based on decentralization. The article cites support from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and the Fraternal Order of Police, and warns that if the bill fails, regulatory power will remain discretionary and easier to change with each administration, pushing more crypto firms overseas.

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Kazakhstan

2026-08-05 18:46:10

Kazakhstan Issues First Sovereign Panda Bond, Raising Around $500M

Kazakhstan has issued its first sovereign panda bond, raising RMB 3.4 billion (approximately $500 million). The three-year bond carries a yield of 1.9% and was listed on both the Beijing Financial Assets Exchange and the Astana International Exchange, with subscriptions reaching twice the offering size. Kazakhstan's total external debt to China has climbed to $12.87 billion, up roughly $3.5 billion from the end of 2024. The country, once a major player in global Bitcoin mining hash rate, now draws investor attention to its crypto regulatory direction amid deepening financing ties with Beijing.

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Coinbase

2026-08-03 19:14:21

Coinbase runs ad campaign urging U.S. lawmakers to pass the Clarity Act

Coinbase has launched a new ad campaign calling on U.S. lawmakers to pass the Clarity Act, using the slogan “America needs clarity.” The company, described in the report as the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States and a publicly listed firm, has for a long time pushed for clearer crypto regulation in the country. This latest campaign fits into that broader effort. According to the report, the Clarity Act is designed to create a clearer system of regulatory classifications and rules for digital assets. The item was cited by Techub, with Cointelegraph referenced as the source.

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a16z

2026-08-03 09:03:04

a16z Founders Back CLARITY Act, Say Regulatory Vacuum Is Crypto’s Biggest Risk

Andreessen Horowitz founders Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon used a recent a16z crypto interview to make a broad case for the CLARITY Act, the U.S. market structure bill now moving through the Senate. Their argument was blunt: the deeper risk for crypto is not regulation itself, but the absence of clear, durable federal rules. In the discussion with host Robert Hackett, the two contrasted the current push around CLARITY with the progress already made on stablecoins under the GENIUS Act, which they said gave issuers, consumers, banks, and fintech companies a usable compliance framework. By comparison, they argued, the blockchain networks and digital asset markets that support stablecoins still sit in a fragmented federal structure, with only partial guidance from agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The interview also touched on several flashpoints around the bill: illicit finance, sanctions evasion, privacy, ethics rules for public officials, whether stablecoin balances should pay interest, legal liability for open-source developers, and how tokenized assets would be treated under securities law. Andreessen and Dixon said the bill would not carve out exemptions for tokenized stocks, would impose disclosure and lock-up rules on early-stage token projects, and would create a more formal path for exchanges and intermediaries operating in the U.S. market.

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