Morning Edition · Thursday, June 25, 2026
Law Enforcement and Faith Groups Warn the CLARITY Act Could Open Crypto-Crime Loopholes
As Washington moves on market-structure rules, critics target a provision they say would exempt some operators from anti-money-laundering checks, while the president delays a separate central-bank-currency ban.
Law enforcement organizations and Catholic groups sent letters to the United States government warning that the CLARITY Act, a market-structure bill for digital assets, could create regulatory and anti-money-laundering loopholes, Bitcoin Ma…
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