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Senate Fails to Advance Clarity Act Crypto Bill. Here's what each side is saying, and what none of them are telling you.

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📰 THE FULL STORY

The US Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on Tuesday, falling short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster and move the bill to floor debate. Reports put the procedural cloture vote at 50 against and 49 in favor. The measure would have set up the country's first regulatory framework for digital assets.

Democrats blocked the measure over concerns it does not go far enough to stop federal officials, including President Donald Trump, from profiting off crypto while in office. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand dropped her support and joined the full Democratic caucus in opposing it, along with Republicans Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Jerry Moran, and Thom Tillis. Democrats pointed to Trump's roughly $1.4 billion in 2025 crypto-related income from World Liberty Financial and the $TRUMP meme coin.

Republicans released a revised version on Sunday addressing some Democratic concerns, but it was not enough to win over opponents. A version of the bill passed the House last year but stalled in the Senate. The 600-page bill aimed to create a universal regulatory framework with SEC and CFTC oversight, registration requirements, and anti-money-laundering rules.

With fewer than 36 legislative days left before 2027, the bill will likely see no further action this year, and it is unlikely to be revived until after the November midterms.

⬅️ HOW THE LEFT COVERS IT
The left frames the vote as a rejection of a dangerously weak bill that would codify Trump, his children, and his Cabinet making billions in crypto, foregrounding ethics and anti-corruption stakes over the industry's regulatory wishlist. They center Trump's roughly $1.4 billion in 2025 crypto income from World Liberty Financial and the $TRUMP meme coin, and elevate voices like Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Transparency International's Scott Greytak calling for stronger anti-corruption and anti-money-laundering provisions. Coverage highlights Gillibrand dropping support and Republicans crossing over, casting the outcome as a bipartisan check on self-dealing. It downplays the industry's argument that the bill would have created the first clear regulatory framework. (Common Dreams, Washington Post)

⬛ HOW THE CENTER COVERS IT
The center treats the failed cloture motion as a procedural and analytical story: the vote fell short of the 60 needed, and with fewer than 36 legislative days left the bill will likely see no further action this year. It foregrounds process context that partisan sides skip, noting the bill stalled before August recess over ethics provisions and that Tr

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00:00The Senate has stalled the most serious attempt yet to regulate crypto in the United States.
00:05On Tuesday, lawmakers failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act,
00:11falling short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster.
00:15The procedural vote was 50 against and 49 in favor.
00:19Democrats blocked the measure, arguing it does too little to stop officials,
00:23including President Trump, from profiting off crypto while in office.
00:27They cited his roughly $1.4 billion in crypto income this year.
00:31The bill would have created the country's first framework for digital assets.
00:36Action is now unlikely until after the November midterms.
00:40The full story is in the description below.
00:43Watch CVRDNews.com.
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