Senate cloture vote on Clarity Act fails, dealing regulatory blow to crypto industry
The 49-50 vote leaves the industry-backed bill stalled as Democrats said ethics safeguards still failed to curb Trump family crypto profits.
- On Tuesday, the Senate blocked the Clarity Act after a procedural vote fell 50-49, far short of the 60 votes required to advance the comprehensive crypto market structure legislation.
- Republican leaders released a revised version Sunday adding new ethics restrictions to address Democratic concerns, but those changes failed to resolve remaining opposition on Capitol Hill.
- Following the vote, bitcoin prices dropped 3%, while Coinbase and Circle shares slid 8% and 10% respectively; Senator Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told reporters earlier that "it's over" if the procedural vote failed.
- Senators are scheduled to leave Washington in early October for the campaign recess, with midterm elections in seven weeks, while The House recesses even earlier, limiting time to revisit the bill.
- The failed vote likely forces the crypto industry to wait until next year for clearer rules, as The SEC and CFTC continue shaping policy through enforcement and rulemaking rather than durable federal statute.
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The Independent (US)Trump dealt major crypto blow after making $1.4bn from family ventures
The bill, called the Clarity Act, fell 10 short of reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to advance
Bitcoin drops after US Senate blocks landmark crypto bill
Bitcoin has fallen almost 4% over the past 24 hours to below $76,000 after the US Senate blocked the CLARITY Act late on Tuesday, derailing more than a year of bipartisan negotiations and leaving the crypto industry without the federal rulebook it has spent years pursuing.
Unlike Europe, the US still does not have a uniform federal law for the crypto market. The latest attempt has failed in politics. Prices of crypto assets and relevant shares fall. What next?
How much of the current market movement is linked to the CLARITY Act vote?
Crypto markets weakened after the US Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, but the selloff came amid a broader risk-off environment. Bitcoin fell around 3-4%, while crypto-linked equities saw sharper declines. The regulatory setback added pressure, but elevated bond yields, oil prices and macroeconomic uncertainty also weighed on sentiment.
Clarity Act is the bill supported by Trump Administration to create a federal regulatory framework for digital assets
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