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Market Structure news and analysis from LC Insight: 3 stories, newest first.
SEC vs. CFTC: who regulates crypto in the US, and where the line now falls
The SEC oversees crypto that counts as a security, and the CFTC oversees commodities like bitcoin and ether plus derivatives on them. Since March 2026, the two agencies share an interpretation that says most crypto assets are not securities.
CLARITY Act explained: what the crypto market bill would do and why it stalled
The CLARITY Act, H.R. 3633, would write into law which crypto assets and platforms the SEC oversees and which fall to the CFTC. As of November 2, 2026, it is stuck in the Senate after a 49 to 50 vote to start debate failed on September 15.
49 to 50: why not one Democrat voted to start debate on the CLARITY Act
The Senate fell 11 votes short of the 60 needed to take up America's crypto market structure bill on September 15. Democrats who backed it in committee said the ethics rules for the president were too thin.