CLARITY Act dey move for Senate after dem talk about ethics; fit sign am for August 2025
CLARITY Act never don become law yet, but Galaxy Digital tok say the US crypto regulation bill fit land for President Donald Trump to sign for early August if lawmakers settle the remaining wahala quick. After bipartisan vote for the Senate Banking Committee on May 14 (15-9) wey push the market structure bill forward, Galaxy raise the 2026 passage odds to 75%.
Next steps na procedural and time-sensitive. Senate Banking Committee text must join with the Senate Agriculture Committee version, then dem go send am to the Senate floor, followed by House-Senate reconciliation before CLARITY Act fit sign—likely for the week of Aug. 3, not July 4.
The biggest wahala na the ethics language. Senators Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks support moving forward, but dem want limits so that senior officials and their families no go profit from, promote, or hold certain digital-asset interests while federal rules dey written. Galaxy call this ethics compromise the key to lock Democratic votes.
Other disagreements include DeFi provisions and the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act. Law-enforcement focused lawmakers dey worry say parts of CLARITY Act fit reduce oversight of decentralized protocols, validators, or infrastructure providers. Traders dey watch the process as BTCUSD dey quoted near $77,972 as near-term catalyst.
Neutral
For BTC specifically, di news na act more like catalyst road pass direct policy certainty. CLARITY Act don clear big procedural waka after Senate Banking Committee vote 15–9 bipartisan, and Galaxy chance don rise to 75%, fit boost risk sentiment. But traders still face serious legislative friction: negotiations over ethics-language (conflict-of-interest style restrictions) and disputed parts of DeFi/Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act need settle before dem fit schedule for floor and reconciliation. That uncertainty dey make am more likely say volatility go follow headlines rather than give clear, sustained trend.
Short term, BTC fit react to vote/markup updates and expectations about signing timing in August. Long term, if CLARITY Act finally pass with workable ethics compromise, e fit improve regulatory visibility and encourage US product access/tokenization narratives — generally supportive for liquidity. But until final passage, mixed signals show neutral-to-choppy trading environment for BTC.