A vote in the U.S. Senate on the cryptocurrency market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act is expected to be delayed again. The Senate Banking Committee may postpone amendment and voting procedures until late April or the second week of May as it puts the nomination hearing for Federal Reserve chair candidate Kevin Warsh first. Late-stage disputes include stablecoin interest payments, while final drafting continues on ethics rules and tokenisation-related provisions.

Amazon Web Services on April 16 launched Amazon Bio Discovery, an AI-based application designed to help scientists design and validate new drugs faster and more systematically. The tool provides direct access to a catalogue of biological foundation models trained on large biological datasets. It supports generating and evaluating drug candidates and accelerating antibody therapeutics research at the early discovery stage. Scientists can select models in natural language and use a lab-in-the-loop workflow for rapid iteration.