CLARITY Act Ethics Provision: The Conflict Ban Written to Expire in 2029
The near-final CLARITY Act draft adds a conflict-of-interest ban on the president and federal officials that its sponsors wrote to expire in January 2029.
Rosalia Mazza
CFTC Perpetual Futures: Why Exchanges Stopped Claiming Regulatory Firsts and Kept Launching the Product
Exchanges stopped claiming regulatory firsts for CFTC perpetual futures and kept listing the contracts while a court decides if they are swaps.
Perpetual futures: regulatory milestones stopped on 2026-07-08, product launches did not
Cantica recorded seven perpetual futures developments between 7 June and 7 July 2026, all with regulatory language. Then, Binance announced further USD-margined perpetual contracts on traditional finance assets on 16 July and a SpaceX contract on 20 July, and Bitget listed quanto perpetual futures on Hong Kong dollar equities
GENIUS Act Rulemaking Deadline: The Agencies Opened a Comment Window That Closes a Month After It
The GENIUS Act required final stablecoin rules by 18 July 2026. A joint agency proposal published on 22 June set a comment window that closes on 21 August.
CLARITY Act Bankruptcy Protection: What Custody Rules Cover and What the House Declined to Vote On
Lummis says the CLARITY Act keeps customer crypto out of a bankruptcy pool. The protection runs through custody rules, and one amendment never got a vote.
CLARITY Act Ethics Provision: The House Made One Amendment in Order Out of Fifty-One
The CLARITY Act ethics provision was proposed seven times in the House. One amendment out of fifty-one was made in order, and the Senate now holds the question.
Claude Fable 5 Max Plans: The $100 Credit Comes With a Claim Window and an Expiry Date
Anthropic made Claude Fable 5 standard on Max plans and moved Pro users to usage credits. The $100 grant must be claimed by 2 August and expires 17 September.