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Bitcoin World 2026-09-17 10:11:31

Crypto’s Big Rulebook Just Got Voted Down – Here’s What Actually Happened

Crypto’s Big Rulebook Just Got Voted Down – Here’s What Actually Happened

BitcoinWorld Crypto’s Big Rulebook Just Got Voted Down – Here’s What Actually Happened Quick Takeaways On September 15, 2026, the Senate refused to move the CLARITY Act forward. The vote was 49–50 – not even close to the 60 it needed. It didn’t lose because of crypto stuff. It lost over a fight about Trump and his family making money from crypto. For this year, the bill is basically done. Betting sites now give it only a single-digit chance. With rules stuck in Congress, the SEC and CFTC will start writing their own instead. Let’s back up a bit. For years, crypto companies had one big wish: a clear law that says who’s in charge of what. Right now, nobody’s fully sure whether a token is treated like a stock or like a commodity, and the SEC and CFTC keep bumping into each other over it. The CLARITY Act was supposed to fix that mess and give the CFTC clear power over crypto trading. That’s why the whole industry was watching this vote so closely. Here’s how we got here. The House passed the bill way back in July 2025 by a wide margin. A year later, in May 2026, a Senate committee gave it a green light too. Everything looked like it was rolling toward the finish line. Then it hit a wall on September 15, when four Republicans joined every Democrat to block it. And here’s the part that surprised a lot of people: the bill didn’t fall apart over crypto rules at all. It fell apart over ethics – specifically, worried lawmakers pointing out that Trump’s crypto businesses pulled in more than $1.4 billion in 2025 alone. Democrats said the bill did too little to stop that. Republicans couldn’t win them over, and the whole thing sank. Even Senator Cynthia Lummis, crypto’s biggest friend in the Senate, admitted beforehand that if this vote failed, it was over. So what now? The good news is that the government isn’t sitting still. The SEC is already building its own crypto rules and taking public feedback, with a comment window open into late October. Both the SEC and CFTC have said they’ll keep going with or without a law. And remember – Congress did pass the GENIUS Act on stablecoins back in 2025, so cooperation isn’t impossible. The tricky part is timing. Lawmakers are heading home to campaign for the November midterm elections, so nothing’s getting fixed until at least 2027. And if Democrats take the Senate, crypto critic Elizabeth Warren could end up running the committee that handles these bills – which would make any future attempt a lot harder. Bottom line: Clear crypto rules in America aren’t dead. They’re just going to come from regulators for now, not from a law. If you’re an investor or builder, stop watching the Senate – start watching what the SEC does next. This post Crypto’s Big Rulebook Just Got Voted Down – Here’s What Actually Happened first appeared on BitcoinWorld .

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