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Senate blocks Clarity Act advance, dealing regulatory setback to crypto industry

9/15/2026

The Senate voted Tuesday to block the Clarity Act from advancing, with the cloture vote falling short and stopping the bill before it could reach a full floor debate.

The outcome is a direct setback to the crypto industry's push for a comprehensive federal market framework. A failed cloture vote keeps a bill off the Senate floor entirely.

The Clarity Act had been the vehicle the crypto industry was backing to establish a defined statutory framework for digital asset oversight. That effort now stalls at the chamber level.

The regulatory question at the center of the industry's push remains unresolved.

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