The U.S. Senate may release a merged draft of the CLARITY Act, a broad bill to regulate crypto market structure, this week. Work to combine versions prepared by the Senate Banking and Agriculture committees is nearing completion, but negotiations continue over key provisions, including ethics rules and the scope of decentralized finance regulation. A floor vote timeline remains uncertain as lawmakers debate which digital asset intermediaries should face registration, surveillance and anti-money laundering obligations.

South Korean weapons are setting export records, but defense semiconductors that serve as their core components rely almost entirely on imports, raising concerns about structural vulnerabilities. A report cited 98.9 percent import use for advanced chips in domestic weapon systems, with particularly high dependence for power and memory semiconductors. The article also highlights risks from hardware backdoors and limits of network separation, and notes China’s push to raise self-sufficiency in SiC and GaN power chips.