Morning Edition · Thursday, June 25, 2026Published at 6:27 AM EDT · New York

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…