Overview
- Negotiators from the Senate Banking and Agriculture panels have been merging committee texts but as of Sunday, July 19 the bill had no confirmed Senate floor vote and remained stalled.
- Democrats are pressing enforceable ethics and conflict-of-interest language tied to the president’s and his family’s crypto interests, which senators say is a central barrier to winning the cross-party support needed for cloture.
- Stablecoin provisions, especially language on yield and anti-money-laundering rules, are a second major sticking point because they could change how banks and custodians handle deposits and crypto products.
- Prediction markets and industry voices are split on near-term prospects: some contracts show a strong chance of a recorded vote before the recess while others give much lower odds that the bill becomes law in 2026.
- If enacted the CLARITY Act would assign tokens that look like securities to the SEC and commodity-like tokens to the CFTC, giving legal clarity for major cryptocurrencies and shaping whether agencies or Congress set long-term rules.