August 26, 2026, 9:58AM EDT · 1:28:39
Go to episodeIn this episode of Prediction Market News, Kelvin Sparks is joined by Sarah Wynn, The Block’s senior policy reporter, and Adrian Wall, Managing Director of the Digital Sovereignty Alliance, for a full teardown of the CLARITY Act as it stalls in the Senate.
They walk the live fights: the DOJ–state AG ethics standoff, the BRCA developer-protection battle, the Coldcard exploit landing mid-debate, the SEC and CFTC’s Plan B if Congress fails, and the tribal-gaming and NFL challenges to prediction-market jurisdiction.
OUTLINE
00:00 – Prediction Market Recap
04:40 – CLARITY Slips to September
08:26 – Coldcard Fallout
13:36 – CLARITY: Ethics, BRCA, Consumer Protection
16:06 – Plan B: SEC and CFTC Rules without Congress
21:17 – DOJ-vs-State-AGs
34:51 – Live Odds Check
52:08 – Financial Literacy
59:59 – The Stablecoin Yield War
1:04:55 – Prediction Markets: CFTC, States, & the NFL
1:25:47 – Clarity before Midterms?
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