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- 25, 2026 at 5:45 pm UTC 4 min read Updated: Jan.
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- The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, better known as the CLARITY Act, was supposed to draw clean lines around crypto assets and which regulator gets the first call. CryptoSlate has already walked readers through the bill’s larger architecture ahead of the January markup, including what changed, what stayed unresolved, and why jurisdiction and state preemption may matter as much as the headline definitions. The part consuming the most oxygen right now is narrower and much more nuanced: it's about who can pay consumers to keep dollars parked in a particular place.
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