Latest Clarity Act Draft Bans Rewards on Passive Stablecoin Balances

Activity-based rewards are allowed, but anything ‘economically equivalent to interest’ is barred. Crypto industry leaders reviewed the draft stablecoin yield language in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act during a closed-door session on Capitol Hill on Monday, and the opening reaction was that the text was overly narrow and unclear, according to CoinDesk. The draft,…

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CFTC Launches Innovation Task Force Covering Crypto, AI, and Prediction Markets

The new unit will coordinate policy development and work alongside the SEC’s Crypto Task Force. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Tuesday announced the formation of an Innovation Task Force aimed at developing clearer regulatory frameworks for crypto assets, artificial intelligence, and prediction markets within U.S. derivatives markets. “By establishing a clear regulatory…

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MoonPay Unveils Wallet Standard for AI Agents

The Open Wallet Standard aims to fill a gap in the rapidly growing agentic payments stack by giving AI agents a universal, non-custodial way to hold funds and sign transactions across blockchains. MoonPay on Monday released the Open Wallet Standard (OWS), an MIT-licensed, open-source specification that defines how AI agents interact with crypto wallets, including…

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Polymarket Tightens Insider Trading Rules

The prediction market is updating insider trading and manipulation rules days after inking an exclusive partnership with Major League Baseball. Polymarket on Monday announced updated market integrity rules across both its DeFi platform and its CFTC-regulated U.S. exchange, amplifying requirements governing insider trading and market manipulation. The new standards appear in the DeFi platform’s Terms…

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