Morning Edition · Thursday, July 2, 2026
US Crypto Rulemaking Turns Personal as Lummis and Warren Clash Over the Clarity Act
A dispute over whether market-structure legislation contains loopholes or safeguards runs alongside disclosures about how deeply officials are personally invested in the sector.
Senator Cynthia Lummis rejected Senator Elizabeth Warren's charge that the Clarity Act, a market-structure bill, contains loopholes, arguing instead that it carries more than sixteen safeguards against illicit finance, according to a Cointe…
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