By Isaac • July 13, 2026 9:15 pm •
The CLARITY Act was supposed to settle who regulates America’s crypto markets.
Its hardest remaining fight is over who gets to profit while those rules are written.
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A new Senate draft is expected within days, but the ethics section may still be unfinished.
That is no side issue.
The bill needs 60 votes, and the lawmakers demanding a conflict-of-interest rule hold enough votes to stop it.
The underlying legislation has already traveled a long way.
The Senate Banking Committee advanced its version 15-9 in May after months of negotiations, with two Democrats joining the Republican majority.
The committee said the text followed nearly a year of bipartisan talks and moved the bill from markup to the
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