{"id":8588,"date":"2026-04-24T05:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=8588"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:26:58","slug":"crypto-clarity-act-faces-mounting-political-roadblocks-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=8588","title":{"rendered":"Crypto \u201cClarity Act\u201d Faces Mounting Political Roadblocks in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  • TD Cowen put 2026 passage odds for the CLARITY Act near 30%, citing 5 obstacles beyond the stablecoin-yield fight.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The House passed the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act by 294-134 in July 2025, but Senate Banking action remains stalled.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Galaxy Research placed the odds closer to 50-50 and warned that failure this year could delay market-structure legislation until 2030 or beyond.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Crypto market-structure legislation faces a tightening Senate calendar after TD Cowen flagged five political and regulatory obstacles that could keep the CLARITY Act from passing in 2026 despite earlier House approval.<\/p>\n

    TD Cowen\u2019s Washington Research Group put the bill\u2019s odds near 30%, according to source summaries of the firm\u2019s latest note.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    The firm said the fight is no longer limited to stablecoin-yield language and now includes CFTC staffing, prediction-market disputes, World Liberty Financial scrutiny, Iran-related crypto concerns and possible competition from the Credit Card Competition Act.<\/p>\n

    Read more: Deutsche Bank: U.S. Crypto Adoption Rebounds as ETF Inflows Signal Institutional Return<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Staffing And Scope<\/h2>\n

    The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act passed the House on July 17, 2025, by a 294-134 vote, giving the crypto industry its strongest market-structure win to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Senate Banking Committee progress has since slowed as lawmakers debate regulatory authority, software developer liability and how much power should shift to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.<\/p>\n

    But TD Cowen identified CFTC understaffing as a central practical problem because the agency would be expected to take on expanded digital-asset oversight if the bill advances.<\/p>\n

    Galaxy Research said a Senate Banking markup slipping past mid-May would sharply reduce the probability of enactment this year, and stated that Senator Cynthia Lummis has warned that failure in 2026 could push comprehensive market-structure legislation to 2030 or beyond.<\/p>\n

    Prediction markets add another complication, because the same regulatory category that has brought Kalshi, Polymarket and other platforms into the political spotlight now sits close to broader digital-asset negotiations, so it\u2019s no wonder that it\u2019s raising concerns about insider trading, event-contract boundaries and political conflicts.<\/p>\n

    Quite Some Time Has Passed Now<\/h2>\n

    More than 270 days had passed since the House vote. That continued delay weakens Washington\u2019s ability to set clear rules for trading venues, token issuers and decentralised software developers.<\/p>\n

    But that\u2019s not all. TD Cowen also talked about the political sensitivity around World Liberty Financial, the Trump family-linked crypto venture, as a potential source of Democratic resistance. It recently locked its investors into a multi-year wait for token access, as Crypto News Australia reported.<\/p>\n

    The firm added that Iran-related crypto concerns could invite anti-money-laundering amendments, while the Credit Card Competition Act could become an unrelated rider that makes the package harder to pass.<\/p>\n

    Related: Strategy Blows Past 800K BTC With $2.5B Buy as Saylor Doubles Down<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

    CLARITY Act,Digital Asset,TD Cowen#Crypto #Clarity #Act #Faces #Mounting #Political #Roadblocks #Washington1777008418<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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