Summary
The U.S. Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), voting 49-50 and falling short of the 60-vote procedural threshold—a major setback in the long effort to establish a comprehensive U.S. crypto market regulatory framework. The bill was meant to define how various…
Key points
- Understanding which regulators and rules will take over in practice after legislative gridlock on U.S. crypto regulation is crucial for product compliance planning.
- This was the closest attempt at U.S. crypto market structure legislation to fail, meaning there will be no complete statutory regulatory framework in the near term.
- Crypto companies and developers must continue operating in a fragmented environment dominated by SEC and CFTC administrative rules, and some firms may consider moving to more clearly defined jurisdictions.
- The report explicitly contrasts the 2025 GENIUS Act, which became law and established a stablecoin framework, with the still-failed market structure legislation.
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