The Clarity Act assigns regulatory authority over digital commodities to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) retains jurisdiction over crypto assets categorized as securities.

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The House bill outlines the jurisdictional borders between the two U.S. markets regulators and establishes a new leading role for the CFTC over the trading of digital commodities
With this vote, this job will now be given to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) which would handle crypto tokens seen as digital commodities, while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would still oversee crypto assets that are considered as securities.

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