{"id":76352,"date":"2026-08-04T08:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/sen-thune-says-a-clarity-act-vote-is-coming-this-week\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T08:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:45:01","slug":"sen-thune-says-a-clarity-act-vote-is-coming-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/sen-thune-says-a-clarity-act-vote-is-coming-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Thune Says a CLARITY Act Vote Is Coming This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Thune says the Senate still expects a CLARITY Act vote before the August 7 recess.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Galaxy Research cut CLARITY Act enactment odds from 50% to 30% this week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The bill needs 60 votes to pass; Republicans hold only 53 Senate seats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A Vote \u201cThis Week,\u201d Again<\/h2>\n<p>Thune\u2019s latest comments repeat a promise he has made and walked back before. As recently as July 23, the majority leader <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/finance\/economy\/thune-clarity-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told reporters<\/a> he did not expect the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the bill\u2019s formal name, to reach the floor before the summer recess, citing insufficient votes.<\/p>\n<p>Now days later, he has reversed course, saying the Senate would keep working through its packed pre-recess calendar specifically to get the crypto market-structure bill done. \u201cWe have a bunch of stuff that we have to finish, and we\u2019ll just stay here until we finish it,\u201d Thune said, folding the CLARITY Act into a broader list of unfinished Senate business rather than treating it as a standalone priority.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Bitcoin.com News reported this week that the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/senate-skips-clarity-act-vote-monday-five-days-left-on-clock\/\">Senate skipped a scheduled floor vote on Monday<\/a>, leaving only four legislative days before the chamber breaks on August 7 and does not return until September 14. Missing that window would not kill the bill outright, but it would push a vote into the fall, when midterm-year politics tend to swallow legislative bandwidth that isn\u2019t already locked in.<\/p>\n<h2>Why the Clock Is so Tight<\/h2>\n<p>The CLARITY Act needs 60 votes to clear the Senate under normal procedure, and Republicans control only 53 seats, meaning at least seven Democrats have to cross over. Also, the White House and Senate Republicans reached an <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/white-house-clarity-act-ethics-deal-trump\/\">agreement in principle on ethics language<\/a> in late July, with Trump personally signing off on the compromise, but Democrats say they have not yet seen the actual legislative text, and some argue the language as described would still preserve pathways for Trump to keep profiting from his family\u2019s crypto ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has described the legislation as being at the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/clarity-act-bessent-1-yard-line-gillibrand-ethics\/\">one-yard line<\/a>,\u201d but even then Galaxy Research\u2019s own odds are just 30 percent (as of this week). Prediction markets are similarly split, with JPMorgan pricing passage odds around 37 percent and Polymarket bettors <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/clarity-act-signed-into-law-in-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closer to 26 percent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What Happens If the Senate Misses the Window<\/h2>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/1200-tech-companies-push-senate-to-pass-clarity-act-quickly-as-us-crypto-rules-face-global-pressure\/\">1,200 tech companies have pushed<\/a> the Senate to move quickly, with trad-fi giants like <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/grayscale-urges-senate-clarity-act-vote-before-august-recess\/\">Grayscale publicly urging a vote<\/a> before recess, and asset manager Charles Schwab repeatedly referring to the bill as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/schwab-clarity-act-catalyst-white-house-thune\/\">fundamental catalyst<\/a>\u201d for institutional crypto adoption.<\/p>\n<p>If that wasn\u2019t enough, a coalition of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/134-bank-leaders-sound-alarm-over-clarity-act-they-want-a-key-crypto-rule-changed\/\">134 bank leaders has separately raised alarms<\/a> about specific provisions they want changed before final passage, showing that the CLARITY Act is not simply the crypto industry versus skeptics but a multi-sided negotiation over exactly which rules apply to which market participants.<\/p>\n<p>If Thune\u2019s promise holds and the Senate does find a path to 60 votes this week, the CLARITY Act would become the first comprehensive federal market-structure law for digital assets, splitting oversight between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission depending on how a given token is classified.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/thune-clarity-act-vote-senate-recess\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Thune says the Senate still expects a CLARITY Act vote before the August 7 recess. Galaxy Research cut CLARITY Act enactment odds from 50% to 30% this week. The bill needs 60 votes to pass; Republicans hold only 53 Senate seats. 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