U.S. Senate crypto bill vote could come before August recess

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Senator Gillibrand states a Senate vote on the crypto market structure bill could occur before the August 10 recess if consumer protection, illicit finance, and ethics provisions are addressed.
Crypto industry executives and advocacy groups, including Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse, urge Congress to act within two weeks before midterm election issues divert attention from the bill.
Prediction market odds for the CLARITY Act differ, with Polymarket showing a 65% chance of passage by end-2026 and Kalshi giving a 49% chance before August.

Conditions for a Senate vote

As reported by Cointelegraph, Gillibrand says at the Consensus conference in Miami on Wednesday that senators likely need to settle three major issues before the chamber can vote on the bill, consumer protection, illicit finance and ethics provisions.

She says lawmakers could bring the legislation to a vote before the August recess, which begins Aug. 10, if Congress addresses those points, combines the current draft with the version already approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee and includes ethics language. Gillibrand says no one will support the measure without ethics provisions barring members of Congress, senior administration officials, presidents and vice presidents from profiting from the industry because of insider access.

Though she does not name President Donald Trump directly, scrutiny around his crypto ties remains part of the broader debate as lawmakers consider the CLARITY Act. The article says those ties include his memecoin launch, his family's crypto venture World Liberty Financial and other industry dealings.

Industry pressure and legislative outlook

The market structure bill is also drawing pressure from crypto executives and advocacy groups as the legislative window narrows. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says lawmakers likely need to deal with the measure within the next two weeks before attention is clouded by issues tied to the U.S. midterm elections.

Summer Mersinger, former Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner and now CEO of the Blockchain Association, says in a separate Consensus panel that there is a window of opportunity, though she adds that events before the August recess could still shift momentum around the issue.

As of Wednesday, the Senate Banking Committee has not rescheduled a markup of the bill after postponing it in January. At that time, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the exchange cannot support the legislation as written, prompting broader criticism from crypto companies and advocates over provisions affecting decentralized finance, stablecoins and tokenized equities.

Prediction market traders currently assign mixed odds to the bill's prospects. On Polymarket, traders see a 65% chance that the CLARITY Act is signed into law by the end of 2026, while on Kalshi they place the probability of it becoming law before August at 49%.

In our earlier coverage of the Senate push around the CLARITY Act, we outlined how the bill is positioned as the next step in U.S. digital-asset regulation after payment-stablecoin rules. We explained that the proposal aims to clarify oversight of crypto trading venues and intermediaries, define SEC/CFTC authority, and add compliance and disclosure requirements, with supporters warning that continued uncertainty could keep activity and innovation moving offshore. We also noted the compressed legislative timetable and the argument that a clearer framework is key to U.S. competitiveness as the crypto market grows.

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