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Key Insights: The White House stated that Democrats never submitted SEC and CFTC nominees before the Clarity Act debate. The legislation would split crypto regulation duties between the US SEC and the CFTC. The US SEC plans a new crypto proposal as lawmakers continue Clarity Act negotiations. Clarity Act negotiations have entered another phase. The White House rejected claims that the Trump administration refused to nominate Democratic commissioners to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The response came through a letter to Senate leaders. In that letter, the administration said it had already requested Democratic recommendations for the vacant positions. The exchange unfolded as lawmakers from both parties continued urging Congress to fill the minority seats before taking further action on the Clarity Ac
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Polymarket files for a U.S. FCM license to offer margin trading as CFTC approval and added user checks remain required. Polymarket is seeking U.S. approval to offer margin trading, according to Bloomberg. The move could let users trade prediction markets without posting full capital upfront. The application was filed on July 3 through Coming Home GBA LLC. The affiliate applied for a futures commission merchant license with the National Futures Association. Polymarket also needs approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. That approval would allow changes to its rulebook for non-fully funded trading. The filing shows how prediction markets are moving closer to regulated financial markets. It also marks another step in Polymarket’s U.S. expansion plans. Polymarket Seeks U.S. Margin Trading Approval Polymarket operates prediction markets tied to real-world even
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The crypto industry has spent years convincing Washington that it deserves a seat at the table. Now, as Congress inches toward passing the CLARITY Act, a long-awaited crypto market structure bill, it seems it finally has one. The question is no longer whether lawmakers are listening to digital asset advocates, but whether the crypto lobby’s deep pockets and influence in election campaigns will be enough to get the legislation over the line. That debate comes as Senate negotiators work toward a potential floor vote before Congress breaks for its August recess. In a June 25 thread on X, Kristin Smith, president of the Solana Policy Institute and former chief executive of the Blockchain Association, argued that crypto’s advocacy operation is “the strongest and most sophisticated it has ever been.” She pointed to bipartisan negotiations, daily meetings with lawmakers, and what she descri
Polymarket files for a U.S. FCM license to offer margin trading as CFTC approval and added user checks remain required. Polymarket is seeking U.S. approval to offer margin trading, according to Bloomberg. The move could let users trade prediction markets without posting full capital upfront. The application was filed on July 3 through Coming Home […]
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As the CLARITY Act advances, crypto's growing political influence in Washington is under scrutiny. But the crypto lobby's massive campaign spend is only part of the story.
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Three SEC crypto proposals are now penciled in for July, covering token offerings, broker-dealer custody and trading venues. The agency could start writing the rules before the Senate even decides whether to take up the CLARITY Act. Earlier this week, SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the agency’s 2026 regulatory agenda aims to bring more crypto products onshore, create clearer rules for capital raising with crypto assets, and clarify how market participants can custody and facilitate the trading of tokenized securities on-chain. According to him: “[These efforts are to] ensure that the next chapter of financial leadership is written in the US, and that our capital markets continue to lead the world – in their depth, their dynamism, and their unrivaled ability to transform ingenuity into prosperity.” That posture has translated into three July NPRM targets covering crypto-asse
SEC Names Paul Knight as Chief Operating Officer In Latest Agency Leadership Move is the kind of crypto story that looks simple at headline level but becomes more useful once you place it inside the wider market backdrop. This is not a mar
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It started with a dry-looking SEC filing and turned into a clarifying week for policy nerds. On June 30, the Commission posted Release No. 33-11426, a 27-question call for comments on “Novel ETFs” with a 60‑day window that explicitly touches crypto-asset funds, tokenized assets, prediction markets, and leverage. You don’t publish that unless you’re testing the water for rulemaking. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Release No. 33-11426). Then came July 2, and two live shots across the bow. Ondo Finance shipped custodial, SEC-aligned tokenized versions of BlackRock’s IVV and Micron shares on Ethereum, riffing on staff guidance from January. CoinPaprika (reporting Ondo/PR Newswire). That same day Securitize rang the bell on the NYSE via a SPAC and said its own shares would trade in tokenized form on public chains, with reports citing about $295 million tokenized. CryptoNews (reporti
