Ratepayer Protection Act draws 57 Senate votes against a 60-vote bar
The Senate voted 57-43 to advance the Ratepayer Protection Act, three votes short of the 60 needed on a procedural vote. Even passage would leave state regulators free to decline the cost standard for large data centers.
Reality
- Evidence50
- Adoption35
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives70
- Confidence50
A House committee handed crypto users a break on fees of $10 or less and paid for it by importing the anti-abuse rules that govern stocks, and the traders who harvest losses in December are the ones paying.
Perspective Coverage
5 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 11%
- Operator
- Operator 41%
- Investor
- Investor 48%
Reality
- Evidence70
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives55
- Confidence65
FinCEN withdrew its proposal to make about 15,000 institutions report foreign crypto mixer transactions, work it estimated at 1.47 million hours a year. Banks keep their general duty to report suspicious activity, so mixer exposure stays a monitoring job without its own form.
Perspective Coverage
10 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 25%
- Operator
- Operator 48%
- Investor
- Investor 27%
Reality
- Evidence70
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives60
- Confidence68
Illinois agreed to delay its 0.2% crypto transaction tax six months, to July 1, 2027, in a joint motion a judge must still approve. The law stays on the books while two lawsuits proceed, so brokers who must collect it get more time to build for a levy that can still arrive in July.
Perspective Coverage
5 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 17%
- Operator
- Operator 51%
- Investor
- Investor 32%
Reality
- Evidence76
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives68
- Confidence72
Revised CLARITY Act delegates the DeFi control test to the SEC, CFTC and Treasury
The new text defines a non-decentralized trading protocol by who can alter it, then leaves registration, conduct and Bank Secrecy Act questions to rules three agencies have not written. A procedural vote is set for Sept. 15.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives72
- Confidence52
Crypto issuers ask the SEC for ETF efficiencies while keeping their commodity-trust structures
The novel-ETF comment file closed Monday with a16z, Grayscale, Schwab, Chainalysis and Kalshi arguing past each other, and only Schwab attached a number to its ask: 75 days of public filing before effect.
Reality
- Evidence57
- Adoption24
- Hype gap+13
- Incentives84
- Confidence45