SEC Cancels Crypto Vote as CFTC Sets Its Own Clarity Agenda

• The SEC canceled its August 14 vote on proposed crypto offering rules.
• The CFTC will discuss crypto regulation, AI agents and prediction markets on August 20.
• The CLARITY Act remains stalled until its next Senate procedural test in September.

The Securities and Exchange Commission canceled an August 14 meeting where commissioners were expected to decide whether to formally propose a tailored regime for crypto offerings, citing an “unforeseen scheduling issue.”

Six days later, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will convene an innovation meeting titled “Crypto’s Regulatory Evolution: From Uncertainty to Clarity,” covering digital assets, autonomous AI agents and prediction markets.

The SEC delayed rulemaking before the proposal became public

Friday’s SEC meeting was not supposed to enact a new crypto law. Commissioners were scheduled to vote on whether to publish proposed rules for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets and begin the formal public-comment process.

The precise rules had not yet been released.

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