• Eterna Capital’s October 2026 note flagged the CLARITY Act stalling in the Senate, limiting near-term odds for a federal crypto market-structure framework.
• Regulatory momentum shifted to agencies, with the SEC creating a five-year innovation exemption for secondary trading of tokenized U.S. equities.
• The SEC framework backed permissioned liquidity pools on public blockchains, requiring tokens to represent actual shares with economic, governance rights.
• U.S. crypto markets moved toward onchain perpetuals, with Kraken parent Payward pursuing Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 allowlist model pending approval.
• Security losses underscored operational risk, with Bitget hit for about $388 million, Liquid Network for roughly $320 million via key-adjacent infrastructure.

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