According to @CoinMarketCap, the latest U.S. Senate draft of the CLARITY Act would grant the Treasury broader financial surveillance authority, including the power to temporarily freeze transactions without court orders, citing Galaxy Digital as the source.

According to @iampaulgrewal, on Jan 13, 2026 he urged U.S. constituents to email their Senators via Stand With Crypto regarding "USDC rewards," stating that protecting consumers requires "honoring the law" rather than "bailing out a broken system" (Source: @iampaulgrewal on X, Jan 13, 2026; standwithcrypto.org/action/email/usdc_rewards_jan_7_2026). The campaign link explicitly references "usdc_rewards_jan_7_2026," identifying a stablecoin rewards-focused advocacy effort that traders tracking USDC (USDC) policy can flag for headline monitoring and timing cues (Source: standwithcrypto.org/action/email/usdc_rewards_jan_7_2026; @iampaulgrewal on X, Jan 13, 2026).

According to @EleanorTerrett, Senators Ron Wyden and Cynthia Lummis introduced a bipartisan standalone version of the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act designed to protect software developers' ability to write code and enshrine the right to self-custody digital assets, source: Eleanor Terrett on X, Jan 12, 2026. The bill was first introduced in the House by GOPMajorityWhip and included in the House’s original Clarity Act, source: Eleanor Terrett on X, Jan 12, 2026. Inclusion of the BRCA has been part of the Senate’s ongoing market structure negotiations, but whether it will be in the updated text remains unclear, source: Eleanor Terrett on X, Jan 12, 2026. The issuance of the standalone bill does not change the BRCA’s prospects for inclusion in the final Clarity Act, source: Eleanor Terrett on X, Jan 12, 2026.

According to @EleanorTerrett, the U.S. Senate is heading into a pivotal week for crypto legislation on Capitol Hill, and her update provides a breakdown of what to expect and what to watch this week for market participants; source: @EleanorTerrett on X, Jan 12, 2026. According to @EleanorTerrett, the update also reports that Fed Chair Jerome Powell has been hit with a criminal investigation, presented alongside the week’s key items to watch; source: @EleanorTerrett on X, Jan 12, 2026. According to @EleanorTerrett, the piece functions as a trader-oriented guide to the timing and scope of crypto policy developments to monitor this week; source: @EleanorTerrett on X, Jan 12, 2026.

According to @EleanorTerrett, the U.S. Senate has selected a markup date for market structure legislation, establishing a defined legislative timeline that market participants can track for regulatory headline risk. Source: https://twitter.com/EleanorTerrett/status/2008645322336334117; https://www.cryptoinamerica.com/p/senate-picks-markup-date-for-market According to @EleanorTerrett, the update is part of a holiday-week news roundup and includes a year-end podcast featuring Multicoin General Counsel @xethalis. Source: https://twitter.com/EleanorTerrett/status/2008645322336334117; https://www.cryptoinamerica.com/p/senate-picks-markup-date-for-market

According to the source, the U.S. Senate approved Mike Selig to lead the CFTC and Travis Hill to run the FDIC in a package of confirmations on Dec 19, 2025, with both roles having major potential reach into crypto markets. source: social media post dated 2025-12-19 The CFTC oversees U.S. crypto derivatives like BTC and ETH futures, so leadership changes can affect margin rules, market integrity priorities, and enforcement direction that influence liquidity and basis. source: CFTC mission and jurisdiction The FDIC supervises insured banks, meaning its chair can shape policy on crypto custody, stablecoin-related payment rails, and bank partnerships with digital-asset firms that impact fiat on/off-ramps. source: FDIC supervisory mandate Traders should monitor CME BTC and ETH futures open interest and basis, funding rates, and initial policy statements from the CFTC and FDIC for signals on enforcement tone and bank exposure to digital assets. source: CME market data conventions and agency policy communications

According to the source, a U.S. teachers union has urged the Senate to scrap a crypto market structure bill, signaling stakeholder opposition that could slow near-term legislative progress (source: user-provided source referencing a union communication to the U.S. Senate). For traders, a delay would preserve regulatory fragmentation cited as a risk and a barrier to comprehensive oversight in the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s Digital Assets Report 2022 (source: U.S. Treasury FSOC 2022 Digital Assets Report). Monitor the U.S. Senate legislative calendar and relevant committee notices for markups or hearings that could revive or shelve the measure (source: U.S. Senate public calendar and Senate committee websites). Headline risk is likely to concentrate in assets sensitive to securities-versus-commodity treatment, notably ETH and major Layer-1s, around any Senate scheduling updates, without implying direction (source: Congressional materials on market structure efforts including FIT21 summaries from 2024).