Clarity Act survival depends on the U.S. Senate getting a lot of non-crypto work done

Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Clarity Act survival depends on the U.S. Senate getting a lot of non-crypto work done The dwindling congressional calendar may spur a legislative competition for the crypto market structure bill to win Senate floor time against other priorities. By Jesse Hamilton | Edited by Nikhilesh De Jun 3, 2026, 1:00 p.m. 5 min read Make preferred on The U.S. Senate has very little time left to pass the Clarity Act and a lot of other bills to deal with. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk) What to know : As the crypto Clarity Act took a procedural step toward the U.S. Senate floor this week, the bill still faces serious roadblocks, including some contentious unfinished provisions and an extremely tight Senate window. About eight weeks remain on the Senate calendar before the chamber disperses for its summer break and an increasing focus on the politics of the midterm elections, and the bill may end up requiring as much as a week of that floor time. But a ton of big-ticket legislative competitors also need time on that schedule. At some point, the progress of the crypto sector s top policy priority — the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act — becomes an insurmountable math problem, with not enough time left in the U.S. Senate s work calendar to allow for passage. But the bill has now been formally offered for the Senate calendar, and the industry s lobbyists are still shooting for a last-moment win.