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The Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act after bipartisan negotiations collapsed and several Democrats withheld support. H.R. 3633 fell short of the 60 votes needed for cloture, blocking further Senate consideration.
A CLARITY victory could attract Bitcoin buyers, but CryptoSlate says oil prices and real yields may determine whether any recovery lasts, potentially leaving BTC constrained around $76,000.
Bitcoin fell to $75,600, its September low, as global bond yields climbed to multidecade highs. Cointelegraph also cited market nerves ahead of the Senate CLARITY Act vote as a factor weighing on price action.
Standard Chartered says Arbitrum could outperform Bitcoin and Ether through 2030, citing Robinhood Chain as an early sign that tokenization may transform the network’s economics and support a sharp rise in ARB.
The U.S. DOJ is seeking to forfeit $61 million in cryptocurrency it says came from Iranian black-market oil sales and was laundered through Binance accounts, Bitcoin Magazine reported.
Bitcoin gave back its entire post-golden-cross advance as markets awaited an afternoon Senate vote on the Clarity Act and faced the prospect of a Federal Reserve rate hike.
Prediction markets lowered the Clarity Act’s near-term passage odds after Republicans rejected a Democratic counter-proposal. Negotiations remained deadlocked hours before a key Senate vote, CoinDesk reported.
Standard Chartered forecasts a 70-fold rise in Arbitrum’s ARB token to $10, citing tokenization and Robinhood Chain revenue. The bank expects Arbitrum to attract traditional finance, although ARB holders currently have no direct fee claim.
Strike CEO Jack Mallers says the debate over Fed rate hikes versus cuts misses the key risk, arguing that either path could lead to inflation as US debt-to-GDP exceeds 120%.
Strive’s Bitcoin holdings have reached 25,000 BTC after a $36.6 million purchase funded entirely through preferred stock. The transaction pushed SATA’s notional value above $1 billion for the first time, Decrypt reported.
The Senate’s failure to advance the Clarity Act effectively ends crypto market-structure legislative efforts for 2026, CoinDesk reports. The setback has pressured digital assets and represents a major blow to an industry that backed the initiative for years.
Cointelegraph reports that CLARITY Act passage odds have dropped to 16% as key Democrats reject the GOP’s final offer. Banking groups cite stablecoin reward loopholes, while tribal gaming interests oppose its prediction-market provisions.
