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New York's Attorney General just warned the Clarity Act would strip states of the power to prosecute crypto fraud. The most powerful state law enforcement official in America is drawing a line against the bill with less than two weeks before the Senate recess.
Letitia James is not a fringe voice.
She is the Attorney General of New York. The state that hosts Wall Street. The jurisdiction that has prosecuted more financial fraud cases than virtually any other in the country. When she says a federal law will undermine state investor protection, the Senate has to take that seriously.
Her argument is specific and legally significant.
Federal preemption. The Clarity Act as written would override state laws that currently allow attorneys general like James to investigate and prosecute crypto fraud at the state level. That is the legal mechanism that allowed New York to go after FTX, Celsius, and dozens of other crypto bad actors before federal prosecutors moved.
Remove that tool and you leave a gap in enforcement that federal agencies may not fill quickly enough to protect retail investors.
This is the exact tension Senator Lummis said clear rules should resolve. She argued the Clarity Act has 16 or more illicit finance safeguards built in. James is arguing those federal safeguards do not replace what states can currently do.
Both can be right simultaneously.
Franklin Templeton just endorsed the bill with $1.7 trillion behind it. The White House wants it passed before August recess. The industry has never been more aligned behind a single piece of legislation.
And the New York AG just handed every undecided senator a reason to slow down.
Less than two weeks. One of the most consequential legislative debates in financial history.
And it is happening right now.
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