๐Ÿด The Decentralization Rules

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The CLARITY Act draft bill introduces a binary 'coordinated control' framework for classifying crypto projects as decentralized, with five key SEC criteria including open code, permissionless participation, and token concentration limits. Kevin Warsh was confirmed as the next Federal Reserve Chair along party lines in the most contentious confirmation in history. Democrats also filed 15 anti-DeFi amendments to the CLARITY Act targeting DeFi developers with criminal liability for code and smart contract sanctions.

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โœ“The CLARITY Act draft introduces five SEC decentralization criteria including a 49% token concentration cap, permissionless participation, and autonomous state requirements to determine if crypto projects are under 'coordinated control'.
โœ“Kevin Warsh was confirmed as the next Federal Reserve Chair in the most contentious party-line confirmation vote in history.
โœ“Democrats filed 15 anti-DeFi amendments to the CLARITY Act, including criminal liability for code writers and smart contract sanctions targeting DeFi developers.

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CLARITY Act decentralization framework

Tuesday evening's CLARITY draft continues to bring the industry closer to well-defined rules of the road, with the decentralization certification process being a meaningful step forward for crypto projects.

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