CLARITY Act returns to focus as banks open сrypto week

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CLARITY Act returns to focus

Highlights

The U.S. Senate returns to session on April 13, putting the Clarity Act back at the center of crypto market attention.
The same day marks the deadline for NCUA comments on rules for payment stablecoin issuers.
April 15 is the IRS tax deadline, and digital assets must be specifically addressed in tax filings.
The week also includes U.S. PPI data and earnings from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and BlackRock.

A regulatory week in Washington

According to CoinDesk, the Senate resumes work on Monday, and the Clarity Act remains one of the market’s main reference points as investors await a clearer division of authority between the SEC and the CFTC. Earlier this year, the Senate Banking Committee described the initiative as an attempt to introduce clearer rules for digital assets, strengthen disclosure standards, preserve anti-fraud protections, and separately define the approach to DeFi and illicit finance.

At the same time, April 13 is also the deadline for public comments on the NCUA’s proposed rules for payment stablecoin issuers. The regulator has made clear that the framework concerns applications from permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, as well as limits on investments by federally insured credit unions in such companies. For the market, this matters as another sign that, after the stablecoin law was passed, the United States is moving from political debate to practical supervision.

Taxes, inflation and bank earnings

April 15 is the federal tax filing deadline in the United States. The IRS has separately reminded taxpayers that they must answer the digital assets question on Form 1040 and report related income, gains or losses, while the filing and payment deadline in 2026 falls on April 15. For the crypto market, that deadline often means local pressure on liquidity, as some investors lock in positions to cover tax payments.

On Tuesday, April 14, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will publish the March Producer Price Index. The same day, JPMorgan and BlackRock will report earnings, while Goldman Sachs will hold its first-quarter earnings call on Monday, April 13. These reports are not crypto events in themselves, but investors will look for signals about capital markets, institutional appetite for digital assets and flows into ETF products. Additional external signals will come from China’s key economic data on April 16 and the euro zone’s final March HICP reading that same day.

Significance for the сrypto industry

The coming week could serve as an important benchmark for the future regulatory environment in the United States.

Progress on the Clarity Act may significantly affect legal certainty for the industry, while the tax deadline and macroeconomic data are likely to influence short-term market volatility. Investors will closely watch signals from Congress and the Federal Reserve.

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