Bernstein: CLARITY Act Failure May Instead Accelerate Regulatory Implementation
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cointelegraph.com
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Marketing/Whale
According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Senate failed to advance a procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) on Tuesday. Bernstein analysts anticipate that the SEC and CFTC will subsequently embark on "proactive and swift" rulemaking to compensate for the time lost during prior negotiations.
The forthcoming regulations are expected to cover: classification criteria for token offerings, developer protections for DeFi and self-custody protocols, innovation exemptions for equity tokenization, an expedited approval pathway for physical asset perpetual futures, and swap designation rules for federal sports event contracts. Bernstein pointed out that the CLARITY Act was originally intended to provide the industry with institutional safeguards against "shifts in political winds," and its defeat has once again cast doubt on regulatory certainty. Analysts also noted that the likelihood of a reconsidered vote on the bill remains low.
