
Crypto industry reacts after Clarity Act fails Senate vote
The Clarity Act fell short of 60 votes in the Senate. CoinDesk rounds up how crypto and banking leaders, including Matter Labs, are reading the outcome.

Published Dec 24, 2024 · Bloomberg
Deutsche Bank develops Project Dama 2, a Layer 2 platform addressing regulatory challenges of public blockchains for financial institutions.
Deutsche Bank AG is working on a fix for the regulatory challenges financial institutions face when trying to use public blockchains, such as the risk of inadvertently transacting with criminals or sanctioned entities.
The bank in November unveiled a test version of Project Dama 2, an asset-servicing pilot. The platform includes a so-called Layer 2 — a tool that draws on public blockchains while offering cheaper and more efficient transactions.

The Clarity Act fell short of 60 votes in the Senate. CoinDesk rounds up how crypto and banking leaders, including Matter Labs, are reading the outcome.

Matter Labs open-sources Prividium's permissioning engine so institutions can run a permissioned chain in their own environment — Bundesbank tests it first.