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Beyond the price action, the regulatory front is heating up and could be the real catalyst people are watching. The Clarity Act (full name Digital Asset Market Clarity Act) is getting serious push from the Trump administration. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been vocal about wanting it on the President’s desk this spring—potentially as early as Q2. This bill would shift more oversight to the CFTC (seen as friendlier to crypto) and finally give clearer rules on what counts as a security versus a commodity. Pair that with the GENIUS Act for stablecoins, which is now rolling out implementation details like reserve standards and audits. Hong Kong, meanwhile, is gearing up to issue its first stablecoin licenses in March, showing global competition is alive.

There’s chatter about joint SEC-CFTC efforts under “Project Crypto” to build a token taxonomy and harmonize rules ahead of legislation. It’s a far cry from the enforcement-heavy days of a few years back. Even traditional banks are at the table, negotiating with industry players at White House-directed meetings—though stablecoin interest payments remain a sore point for deposit-heavy institutions.

Other bits floating around: memecoins and alts took the hardest hits during the latest dip, while privacy coins like Monero have held relatively firm. Some smaller AI-related projects (DeepSnitch gets name-dropped in a few roundups) are generating buzz for potential moonshots, but that’s speculative as always.

Overall, February has felt like a classic crypto correction—deleveraging, macro headwinds, and a healthy dose of fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Yet the undercurrent of regulatory progress in the U.S. keeps hope alive that clearer rules could bring institutions back in force. Whether we see $60k tested or a bounce toward $100k depends on who blinks first: the sellers unloading leverage or the dip-buyers loading up. For now, it’s watch-and-wait mode, but the pieces for a turnaround are quietly falling into place. Stay sharp out there.