CLARITY Act sets the direction: DeFi compliance hinges on control, not labels—do traders need to reassess the permission chain?

The core logic of the new CLARITY Act text is not to label DeFi as “compliant” or “non-compliant,” but to establish “control” as the entry point for regulation. For traders, this means reordering the evaluation process when assessing protocols: shifting from focusing on liquidity to examining the permission chain—who controls the data, who manages the accounts, who holds execution authority, and who ultimately bears responsibility.
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