Key Takeaways:
CLARITY faces several remaining hurdles after gaining Senate committee support in a 15-9 vote, Grayscale says.Lawmakers must combine it with another Senate crypto bill before resolving differences with the House version.Senate passage may require at least seven Democratic votes if Republicans stay united.“The CLARITY Act has cleared a key hurdle in the Senate Banking Committee on a bipartisan vote.”
The DCIA is narrower. It focuses on digital commodities, CFTC rules for brokers, custodians, exchanges, spot markets, customer fund segregation, disclosures, conflicts, and SEC coordination.
Senate Must Merge Two Crypto Market BillsGrayscale cited Polymarket and Kalshi contracts that placed passage odds near 70%. Those odds still depend on lawmakers merging the Banking and Agriculture bills, aligning the Senate package with the House measure, and securing enough Democratic support to clear the chamber.
Pandl noted:
“Odds of passage this year are high, in our view, but the bill will require bipartisan support to clear the full Senate and become law.”
