CLARITY Act stalls as Lummis and Steil push rival timelines
Two bills, one goal: who controls the pace of US crypto rules
Lummis ties the CLARITY Act to the earlier GENIUS Act to attract capital and shield users. Steil calls for immediate Senate passage to lock in a global benchmark before other countries move first.
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Crypto trading volumes hit $2.1 trillion last quarter while Congress still lacks a single statute defining which tokens count as commodities or securities.
Lummis argues the bill extends proven consumer protections from the GENIUS Act and keeps US exchanges the default destination for institutional money. Steil counters that delay hands rule-writing power to foreign regulators already drafting their own frameworks.
Both sides cite the same market data but split on timing: one treats the bill as a competitive moat, the other as an overdue baseline that must clear the Senate floor this session.
CLARITY Act layers consumer rules on top of the GENIUS Act to pull capital onshore and give US platforms a lasting edge over offshore venues.
- @SenLummis✓ verified“CLARITY Act builds on GENIUS Act to protect consumers and drive capital into US crypto markets.”
Senate passage must happen immediately so the US can set the regulatory template that other nations copy instead of ceding that role.
- @TheRealTRTalks✓ verified“Rep. Steil says Senate must pass CLARITY Act to set gold standard for digital asset regulation.”
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