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Blockchain Association swaps CEOs, days after the Clarity Act stalls in the Senate
The Blockchain Association's Summer Mersinger will leave the crypto trade group on October 16, with founding CEO Kristin Smith returning as interim chief days after the Senate declined to advance the Clarity Act.
Decrypt Says the Clarity Act Has Failed and US Regulators Are Pressing On — but the Details Aren't Confirmed
Decrypt reports that the Clarity Act — the US crypto market-structure bill — has failed, and that the SEC and CFTC are pressing ahead on crypto oversight under existing authority; the vote details and the agencies' specific steps could not be independently confirmed.
House tax panel advances first federal crypto tax bill as Senate's Clarity Act stalls
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 38-5 on September 16 to advance the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act, the first federal tax framework for crypto, a day after the Senate's Clarity Act failed a procedural vote.
Bitcoin ETFs shed $450M as Senate stalls the Clarity Act
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $450 million in outflows Tuesday, their heaviest since June, after the Senate fell about 10 votes short of advancing the Clarity Act, killing crypto market-structure legislation for 2026.
Clarity Act stalls in the Senate on a 49-50 procedural vote, its path now uncertain
The U.S. Senate blocked the Clarity Act on a 49-50 procedural vote on September 15, with Democrats citing unresolved ethics provisions tied to President Trump's crypto holdings and Republican leaders blaming the other side.
Clarity Act's Senate Odds Crater as Both Sides Deadlock Hours Before Cloture Vote
The Clarity Act's near-term prospects collapsed on prediction markets Tuesday as Republicans rejected Democrats' counteroffer hours before a Senate cloture vote, with Polymarket's odds for 2026 passage falling to 14% from about 30% a day earlier.
Clarity Act Heads to a Doomed First Vote as Republicans Reject Democrats' Ethics Fix
Sen. Cynthia Lummis rejected a Democratic counteroffer on the Clarity Act's Trump-ethics provision hours before the Senate's first procedural vote, which is expected to fail without Democratic votes.
Trump's $800M World Liberty token stake now has a path to sale — starting 2028
On-chain records show six insider wallets, including one matching Donald Trump's disclosed WLFI stake, entered a vesting contract on May 19 that could make roughly $800 million in tokens sellable starting in 2028.
Betting Markets Turn Bullish on the Clarity Act. A Cloture Vote — and the Math — Say Not So Fast
Prediction-market odds on the U.S. Clarity Act jumped ahead of a Tuesday Senate cloture vote, even as a TD Cowen analyst kept passage chances at 25% and 17 state attorneys general urged senators to reject it.
17 state AGs move to block the Clarity Act as the Senate readies a first vote
New York AG Letitia James and 16 other state attorneys general urged the Senate to reject the Clarity Act on the eve of a procedural vote, warning it could let the SEC preempt state fraud enforcement.
Bitcoin wallets holding 10,000+ BTC hit 90, a six-month high, per Santiment
Analytics firm Santiment counts 90 bitcoin wallets holding at least 10,000 BTC, a six-month high, while smaller wallets shrink and bitcoin trades near $64,000.
Senate punts Clarity Act vote to September, leaving a three-week window before the midterms swallow the calendar
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told The Block the chamber will not take a procedural vote on the Clarity Act until lawmakers return from recess in mid-September.
Big wallets and ETFs both bought bitcoin this week. The price didn't move.
Santiment data cited by CoinDesk shows wallets holding 10 to 10,000 BTC added more than 20,000 coins since July 29, while U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in $754.69 million this week — with bitcoin still stuck below $65,000.
Clarity Act vote slips to September as Senate leaves for recess
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the Senate will not vote on the Clarity Act before its August recess, pushing the crypto market structure bill's procedural vote to mid-September.
Crypto lobby and sheriffs' group trade letters over Clarity Act's DeFi carve-out, with days left before recess
The Blockchain Association wrote to Senate leaders on Monday disputing the National Sheriffs' Association's claim that the Clarity Act would exempt DeFi from anti-money-laundering rules, days before an August recess.
The Clarity Act's last week before recess comes down to one paragraph on ethics
Senators Thom Tillis and Ruben Gallego sent fresh ethics language to the White House on July 30 as prediction-market odds on the Clarity Act passing by year-end fell to 26–37%, the lowest of 2026.
NY Attorney General James tells Senate the CLARITY Act would 'dilute' states' power to prosecute crypto fraud
New York AG Letitia James told a Senate subcommittee the CLARITY Act would preempt state investor-protection laws and weaken fraud prosecution, as backers push for a Senate floor vote before the August recess.
Trump signs off on crypto ethics language — then hands enforcement to the DOJ, and Democrats balk
President Trump agreed to ethics language barring federal officials from issuing digital assets, but a fight over whether the DOJ or state attorneys general enforce it now threatens the Clarity Act before the Senate's August 7 recess.
CLARITY Act's odds hit a record low on Polymarket as Senate ethics fight drags
Polymarket traders now give the CLARITY Act just a 32% chance of becoming law this year — a record low — as Senate talks stall over a bipartisan ethics provision.
CFTC's Selig presses Senate on Clarity Act, warns regulators will fill the vacuum
CFTC Chair Michael Selig urged the Senate to pass the crypto market-structure Clarity Act before its August recess, warning that regulators would otherwise set the rules by default after Congress missed a July 4 target.
Clarity Act's odds slide back toward a coin flip as the calendar, not the crypto lobby, takes over
The Clarity Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee 15-9, but prediction-market odds of 2026 passage have fallen from a mid-May peak near 70% to about 48% as roughly 20 legislative days remain before the August recess.