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Policy & Regulation

AI Act, antitrust, data laws, export controls.

Policy & Regulation covers the rules being written, debated, and quietly ignored that shape how technology gets built and sold. The EU AI Act and its enforcement timeline. U.S. antitrust cases against the platforms. Export controls on chips and AI model weights. State-level privacy and AI laws. FTC and DOJ posture. Section 230 and platform liability. Crypto rulemaking at the SEC, CFTC, and on the Hill.

We read the actual filings, comment letters, and final rules, not just the press summaries. Where a regulation creates compliance work or competitive openings for operators, we say so plainly. Where it's mostly theater, we say that too.

Nadia Rao runs this beat. Expect coverage that takes policy seriously without treating every headline as a five-alarm fire.

States Asked an Appeals Court to Reverse the FTC-Meta Antitrust Loss

States Asked an Appeals Court to Reverse the FTC-Meta Antitrust Loss

A coalition of states and DC has asked a US appeals court to reverse the lower-court ruling that effectively ended the FTC's monopoly case against Meta.

Nadia Rao
CLARITY Act, Explained: The Crypto Market Structure Bill Everyone Keeps Voting On

CLARITY Act, Explained: The Crypto Market Structure Bill Everyone Keeps Voting On

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act would split crypto oversight between the SEC and CFTC and define when a token is a security. Here is what it actually does.

Nadia Rao
Trump's AI Cybersecurity Directive Expands Info-Sharing. Frontier Approval Stays Off the Table.

Trump's AI Cybersecurity Directive Expands Info-Sharing. Frontier Approval Stays Off the Table.

Trump is expected to sign an AI cybersecurity directive expanding info-sharing to AI companies. Mandatory federal approval for frontier models is explicitly excluded.

Nadia Rao
CLARITY Act Cleared the Senate Banking Committee 15-9. The Real Test Is 60 Senate Votes.

CLARITY Act Cleared the Senate Banking Committee 15-9. The Real Test Is 60 Senate Votes.

Senate Banking voted 15-9 to advance the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, with two Democrats joining all Republicans. The full Senate vote needs 60 by the July 4 deadline.

Nadia Rao
The CLARITY Act Hits Committee Tomorrow With 100+ Amendments and One Uncommitted Republican

The CLARITY Act Hits Committee Tomorrow With 100+ Amendments and One Uncommitted Republican

The 309-page Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act gets its committee markup vote May 14. Senator Kennedy is uncommitted. The arithmetic is tight.

Nadia Rao
SEC Chair Atkins Lays Out How Federal Securities Laws Apply to Crypto

SEC Chair Atkins Lays Out How Federal Securities Laws Apply to Crypto

SEC Chair Paul Atkins issued an interpretation distinguishing securities from commodities in crypto. What is actually binding vs. what is guidance.

Nadia Rao
The CLARITY Act's Stablecoin Compromise Is the First Real Crypto Markup Likely to Pass

The CLARITY Act's Stablecoin Compromise Is the First Real Crypto Markup Likely to Pass

Senate Banking marks up the CLARITY Act on May 14 with a stablecoin yield compromise. The agreed text is committee-level draft language with three procedural steps still ahead.

Nadia Rao
After Anthropic's Mythos, the Trump Administration Is Quietly Embracing AI Rules It Once Rejected

After Anthropic's Mythos, the Trump Administration Is Quietly Embracing AI Rules It Once Rejected

Federal officials are drafting AI safety oversight after a single Anthropic capability disclosure changed the threat conversation. Nothing is signed yet, and the likely obligations start narrow.

Nadia Rao