Clarity Act Moves Forward: Coinbase, Digital Chamber & Veda React

About this episode

The episode discusses the bipartisan advancement of the Clarity Act and its implications for the future of DeFi.

The team gets reaction to a landmark week for crypto on Capitol Hill as the Clarity Act advanced out of committee in a bipartisan 15-9 vote, with Democratic Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Ruben Gallego joining Republicans to send the legislation to the full Senate. Paul Grewal and Cody Carbone take us inside the hearing room and the final moments of negotiations that led to last-minute Democratic support, while TuongVy Le weighs in on how the legislation could ultimately shape the future of DeFi.

People in this episode

Hosts: Paul Grewal, Cody Carbone

Guest: TuongVy Le

Topics covered

• Clarity Act
• crypto legislation
• Capitol Hill
• bipartisan support
• DeFi
• crypto news

Keywords

• Clarity Act
• crypto
• bipartisan
• legislation
• DeFi
• Capitol Hill
• Coinbase
• Digital Chamber
• Veda

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coinbase, Digital Chamber, Veda

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