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Citation Needed · Oct 02, 2026

POLITICS AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS

Issue 110 – The Clarity Act collapses

Regulators race to reassure the crypto industry as the industry’s flagship legislation collapses, SBF tries his luck with the Supreme Court, and crypto PACs unleash $30 million against Sherrod Brown

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Citation Needed · Sep 14, 2026

FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INVESTING

The Senate must reject the Clarity Act’s ethics charade

The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists

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Citation Needed · Aug 31, 2026

FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INVESTING

Issue 109 – Reg Crypto

The SEC’s “Reg Crypto” aims to carve out exemptions, the CFTC wields emergency powers to shield prediction markets from state regulators, and a Trump family crypto firm gets a bank charter

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Citation Needed · Aug 11, 2026

FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INVESTING

Issue 108 – In a word, applesauce

Firms close up shop amid a continued crypto winter, a Trump venture ditches its crypto plans, and the Clarity Act fails to reach a vote before August recess

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Citation Needed · Jul 27, 2026

FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INVESTING

Mapping Trump’s crypto empire on Last Week Tonight

A new Citation Needed data project maps the Trump family’s web of cryptocurrency ventures, which have been generating billions in income for the president.