The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act heads into a crucial week on Capitol Hill as Senate committees prepare markups on the long-awaited U.S. crypto regulation.
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SEC Chair Paul Atkins says it is still unclear whether the U.S. will seize Venezuela’s rumored $60 billion Bitcoin holdings, while emphasizing upcoming legislation to clarify crypto regulation.
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In the U.S. Senate Banking Committee’s most recent version of the CLARITY Act, Bitcoin and crypto developers would be protected from being charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business moving forward — and retroactively.
The bill now heads to the Senate for consideration, bringing the US one step closer to establishing a clear regulatory framework for Bitcoin and other digital commodities.