Legislative Status and Market Impact of the U.S. CLARITY Act
The CLARITY Act, a market structure bill for digital assets, faces delays in the U.S. Senate following House approval, raising concerns about institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies.
Aggregated from 6 sources · Updated 31 Jul 2026, 04:03 UTC (UTC)
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The CLARITY Act passed the House of Representatives on July 17, 2025, with a vote of 294-134.
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The Senate Banking Committee advanced the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on May 14, 2026.
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The legislation reached the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders (Calendar No. 423) in early June 2026.
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The SEC and CFTC jointly classified XRP as a digital commodity on March 17, 2026.
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Negotiations are currently deadlocked over ethics provisions, DeFi regulations, stablecoin yield, and anti-money laundering rules.
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The White House has advocated for a July finish line for the legislation following ethics concessions.
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JPMorgan reported that prediction markets imply a 37% chance of the bill passing before the end of 2026.
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Senator Cynthia Lummis stated that the Act includes 16 illicit finance safeguards, including the application of the Bank Secrecy Act to crypto.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed the Clarity Act, as currently written, would exacerbate the exploitation of crypto by adversaries.
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Standard Chartered projected that the passage of the Act could result in $4-8 billion in new XRP ETF inflows.
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JPMorgan stated that failing to pass the Act could push tokenization toward traditional financial infrastructure instead of public blockchains.