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CLARITY Act Section 404 Stablecoin Yield Ban Explained
20 August 2026

CLARITY Act Section 404 Stablecoin Yield Ban Explained

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Bitcoin's 12% surge and $2.7 billion in liquidations grabbed all the headlines, but the real story is a single drafted section in a Senate crypto bill. Ryan Moon breaks down Section 404 of the CLARITY Act — what it bans, why banks fought it for over a year, and why the named obstacle being gone still didn't get the bill passed.