Prospects for the U.S. “Clarity” crypto bill are dimming, with some Republican senators warning it may lack the support needed to advance next week. Negotiations over strengthened ethics provisions sought by Democrats have shown little progress. Lawmakers from both parties say the ethics dispute remains unresolved despite ethics language in the latest Senate draft. The Senate has scheduled a procedural vote for Sept. 15. The bill’s chance of becoming law this year is put at about 15 percent.

The United States and Britain have launched their first joint law enforcement cooperation framework targeting overseas centres running cryptocurrency investment scams. U.S. federal prosecutors in Washington, the Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales and Britain’s National Crime Agency signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue parallel investigations, share information and decide where to prosecute cases. Authorities say they have identified overlapping cases and plan an operation in London in early October with private companies.