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The Clarity Act failed after falling short of 60 Senate votes. Industry executives noted that it does not alter the long-established regulatory trajectory, but warned that the lack of a statutory foundation will heighten uncertainty and could accelerate corporate migration to markets such as the EU.
The U.S. Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act due to insufficient votes. Hampered by internal disputes over provisions and opposition from state attorneys general, the bill is expected to stall this year.
According to Odaily, a Fox Business crypto reporter posted on X that several Democratic senators, including Gillibrand, Warner, Booker, Warnock, Gallego, and Cortez Masto, all voted against the Clarity Act. These senators had been involved in negotiations over the bill for months, and attention is now on Sen. Alsobrooks' vote.
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act made no progress during Tuesday's Senate vote, failing to secure the required 60 votes. Despite months of bipartisan negotiating, it ultimately failed due to unresolved core differences, including those over ethical provisions.
Odaily News: A Fox Business crypto reporter posted on X that Clarity Act author @SenLummis is lobbying for a vote, calling on Democrats to vote to advance the bill after Republicans made major concessions on ethics rules and other provisions. The reporter said that, according to their previous post, bipartisan negotiations appear to have suddenly ended.
Odaily News: The U.S. crypto market structure bill, the Clarity Act, is approaching its first Senate vote, with no indication that the two sides have reached an agreement sufficient to ensure the bill's passage. A counterproposal put forward by Democrats on Monday evening has already met with Republican resistance. (CoinDesk)
According to Crypto in America, the U.S. Senate will hold a key procedural vote on the Clarity Act today (September 15) at 2:15 p.m., which requires 60 votes to advance to formal debate. At the Democrats' request, Republicans have made 126 substantive amendments to the bill, covering ethics provisions, protections for software developers, and a "circuit breaker" mechanism for stablecoin deposits, designating it as the "final, best and final" version.
According to The Block, Katie Wobadden, spokesperson for Senator Cynthia Lummis, stated that the Democrats' amended counterproposal for the latest version of the Clarity Act is identical to their pre-recess position, leading Republicans to reject it. Wobadden noted that Republicans have already made significant concessions on multiple fronts, including agreeing to nearly the entire Tillis-Gallego ethics framework, while Democrats "have not budged," and called on them to engage in substantive negotiations.
Odaily News: The Trump administration is lobbying Senate Republicans to advance the crypto market structure bill, the Clarity Act. Chris Phelan, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said officials will launch an interactive tool on Tuesday that allows users to set their own parameters and run scenarios to verify that there is no substantive relationship between stablecoin growth and community bank deposit flight.Banking groups say the latest revisions to the bill's text are still insufficient for them to accept the stablecoin provisions. The bill needs at least 60 votes to advance, and the Senate is scheduled to hold a procedural vote on Tuesday afternoon. Several Republicans, including Texas Senator John Cornyn, have hinted they may vote against it, while pro-crypto Democrats have expressed dissatisfaction with the latest text's limited constraints on President Trump. Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House Council on Digital Assets, said the bill has incorporated measures to protect community banks.
Odaily News: Moonrock Capital founder Simon Dedic posted on X, stating: "The Senate vote on the Clarity Act is expected to take place in about 10 hours. Democrats have already rejected the Republican-drafted bill on the pretext of so-called 'ethics concerns' (eThIcS cOncErNs); the predicted odds on Polymarket have collapsed, and the market has fully priced in expectations of failure. Regardless of the outcome, however, I am very much looking forward to this vote. It means we can finally turn the page and shift our energy to far more important matters. If the bill fails to pass, we will instead get equally strong pro-crypto regulatory policy from the SEC; and if even that doesn't happen, then the responsibility for watching the U.S. hand over its leadership in frontier finance and sit idly by as the world's most dynamic companies move offshore will rest entirely on the Democrats. Politics is tiresome, but America is not so foolish as to let that situation happen. So what must come will come, and we will ultimately prevail."
According to Chaoxiang research, Bernstein's September 14, 2026 report indicates that the Kalshi prediction market has rebounded to a greater than 30% probability for the passage of the CLARITY Act. The CLARITY Act, officially the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, centers on establishing a federal regulatory framework for the U.S. cryptocurrency market, delineating regulatory boundaries between the SEC and CFTC, and clarifying exchange compliance requirements and stablecoin yield rules. The latest Senate Republican draft has made substantive concessions on Trump-related ethics provisions and incorporates a "new circuit breaker" clause to address concerns over deposit outflows from community banks. A procedural vote is scheduled for Tuesday, with the Federal Reserve set to announce its interest rate decision on Wednesday.
According to CNBC, Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, will criticize the Clarity Act cryptocurrency market structure bill during remarks scheduled for Monday evening local time. The Senate is expected to hold a key preliminary vote on the bill Tuesday afternoon.
According to a report by Eleanor Terrett, an increasing number of U.S. Senate Democrats are open to supporting the Clarity Act, but remain dissatisfied with the current ethics provisions. Some Democratic senators who previously supported sending the bill to committee have yet to take a clear stance, as they had expected stronger ethics clauses to be added before a floor vote. The report noted that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is encouraging colleagues to vote to advance the bill and continue discussions during the full Senate session.
According to CoinDesk, the Senate is set to vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY), with analysts predicting that even if the bill fails, Wall Street's expansion in crypto business related to tokenization and ETFs has already become irreversible.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins expressed support for the CLARITY Act to establish a regulatory framework during the hearing, while emphasizing that the SEC will still proceed with its planned crypto asset rulemaking even if the bill fails to pass.
US Senator Cynthia Lummis stated that Democrats will continue to monitor and request details on consumer protection and liability disclaimers during the legislative process of the Crypto Markets Clarity Act.
According to an Odaily report, a Fox Business crypto reporter posted on X that Senate Democrats are expected to meet tonight to discuss Clarity Act strategy and coordinate a counterproposal to the text Republicans released last night, even though Republicans insist that the text is their "last, best, and final" offer. The bill will face its first major test on the Senate floor in less than 24 hours.
Trump agreed to include an ethics provision in the Clarity Act that bans senior officials from issuing cryptocurrencies, while also allowing him to continue profiting from World Liberty Financial, breaking the legislative deadlock.
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to hold a final vote on the Clarity Act on September 15, but the bill faces key controversy due to a provision allowing cryptocurrency platforms to pay stablecoin yields to users, which has sparked strong opposition from the banking sector.
As the Clarity Act advances through the Senate, it faces opposition from 18 state attorneys general, who argue that the bill would undermine state-level regulatory authority; meanwhile, the bill's proponents have introduced compromise provisions to address conflict-of-interest concerns.