U.S. Senate Democrats intensify opposition to Clarity Act as ethics dispute threatens crypto bill

A coalition of 78 banking groups, led by the American Bankers Association, is urging lawmakers to tighten the CLARITY Act by restricting how payment stablecoin issuers can reward users. In a letter sent to Senate leaders ahead of a July 17 hearing, the groups proposed amendments to Section 404 of the bill, which governs stablecoin rewards. The proposals ...

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close “all other export corridors that benefit the US and its allies”, Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the Strait ​of Hormuz and the US reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports. “Regional energy exports are either shared by all, or denied to all,” the IRGC said in a statement carried by ...