On the same stage in Miami, White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt said the current negotiating posture is to establish rules that apply “across the board, from the president all the way down to the brand new intern on Capitol Hill,” but reject anything that singles out a particular office or officeholder.

That ethics piece, though, remains on standby until the Senate committee can vote to approve the rest of the bill at its Thursday hearing.

The newly released text includes the patch of policy ground over which lobbyists spent months fighting — the question regarding what type of yield would be acceptable for stablecoins. The outcome may have been settled for committee negotiators, but the bankers who consider stablecoins a threat have mounted a final assault to revamp the outcome.

Over the weekend, the industry lobbying groups petitioned their members to make a last push among lawmakers to further limit stablecoin rewards programs.

At the same time, research released last week from Galaxy contended that trillions of dollars worth of foreign capital will flow into the U.S. financial system, easily making up for any domestic disruptions to deposits. The report “suggests a majority of stablecoin growth will originate offshore, meaning foreign capital will flow into U.S. banking infrastructure at a rate that materially exceeds any domestic deposit migration.”

The legislation still includes a section to match DeFi’s Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, which protects software developers that don’t control people’s money from being treated as money transmitters, plus a number of other demands from DeFi defenders.

“We are encouraged by the direction of recent negotiations and note that the most important provisions for developers and infrastructure providers — the BRCA and protections under the Exchange Act — are in this bill,” the DeFi Education Fund said through a spokesperson, adding that the organizations will track amendments this week and will flag those that oppose the sector.

Meanwhile on Monday, Punchbowl News reported an accord among Senate lawmakers to address law-enforcement needs in the Clarity Act, specifically an allowance for prosecutors to pursue crypto misdeeds on the money-laundering front.

The White House’s Witt said last week that the administration is aiming for a July 4 finish for the Clarity Act, though Senator Gillibrand predicted its completion by the first week of August.

Before then, Senate negotiators would still have some work to do on the bill after it advances beyond the committee. Assuming the Clarity Act gets a nod from the panel, it would still need to be merged with a similar version approved earlier by the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Then the lawmakers also need to resolve the sticky conflict-of-interest provision before a final version is likely to be available for a vote from the overall Senate, where 60 votes will be needed — necessarily including a significant number of Democrats. So far, the progress through the Senate has been dependent on Republican party-line voting, but other crypto efforts have typically reached major bipartisan support when the final votes come around.

Last year, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins of 2025 (GENIUS) Act succeeded on a 68-30 vote in the Senate, easily clearing the minimum.

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The American Bankers Association amplified warnings the Senate’s Clarity Act could push deposit flight into stablecoins unless lawmakers tighten yield limits.

What to know:

  • The American Bankers Association is heating up its lobbying of senators to tighten stablecoin provisions in the Clarity Act, warning that updated language could still undermine bank deposits and financial stability.
  • Bank trade groups argue that yield-bearing stablecoins could act as substitutes for insured deposits and drain funding for mortgages…

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