mark fouts
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mark fouts
@markfouts73
Never a boring time when in my head space !!! I think ?!?!?




my dad called me today stressed about property taxes. he’s 76, retired, and living on social security. been in the same house since the early 90s. mortgage paid off years ago. now his property taxes jumped from around $6,500 to over $8k. imagine spending your whole life paying off a home… and still being one tax bill away from losing it. that doesn’t sit right with me.

Banking policy leaders now signaling that if they lose on stablecoin yield at Thursday's Clarity markup, they will ramp up their fight for changes on the Senate floor. "Thursday is Thursday, and there are 24 members who will opine, and we still have 76 members left to go before this thing is finished," one banking leader told me today. Alsobrooks + Tillis seem poised to stay put with their new yield compromise, however, even though banks don't like it. After banking trades released proposed changes to the deal Friday, an Alsobrooks spox told me the senator stands by her + Tillis' earlier statement that they "respectfully agree to disagree" w/ banks on yield. "It can't be a compromise if both sides don't agree to it," a frustrated banking trade leader also told me today. The trade leader also threw some shade at crypto for how they've navigated the process. "We don't debate this on X," they said. "We're very professional. X is really not, you know, the proper place to negotiate this."





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.@SenWarren, top Democrat on the Senate Banking Cmte, opposes the GOP crypto market structure bill released late last night



🚨UPDATE: CLARITY Act FINAL Text Is RELEASED — Idle Yield DEAD, Usage Rewards ALIVE 🤯🇺🇸🔥 The Tillis–Alsobrooks compromise that was FINALIZED on May 1 appears to be UNCHANGED into the latest Senate draft. ✅ Meaning the bill would BAN passive “bank-style” yield on stablecoin balances… ❌ But still ALLOW crypto companies to offer rewards tied to REAL activity. 😳 👉 PASSIVE yield just for HOLDING stablecoins is BANNED ❌ 👉 REWARDS that act like BANK deposit interest are BANNED ❌ 👉 “BONA FIDE” activity-based rewards are still ALLOWED ✅ 👉 payments, transfers, platform usage, loyalty programs, and on-chain activity can STILL QUALIFY ✅ 📍 CLARITY Act Markup coming THIS THURSDAY. More to come.






On behalf of more than 2.9 million U.S. advocates, @StandWithCrypto is notifying Senators that it will score the Senate Banking Committee’s May 14th markup vote on the CLARITY Act. SWC strongly urges Senators to vote “Yes” to advance the bill out of committee. Please note that lawmaker scores will be updated based on these recorded votes. For years, SWC advocates have championed market structure legislation, contacting lawmakers nearly 1.5 million times. Because market structure directly impacts their economic security and daily lives, these constituents are counting on their Senators to stand with them. SWC appreciates the thoughtful, bipartisan effort invested in this legislation.









