US Senate blocks the Clarity Act 49 to 50

In brief

The US Senate rejected 49 to 50 the advance of the Clarity Act, which needed 60 votes.

The bill would set federal regulation of digital assets.

3% and stayed below US$ 76 thousand.

Verified fact · material
The procedural vote to end debate on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act failed in the US Senate on September 15, 49 votes to 50, below the 60 required.
Stalls the main crypto regulatory framework in the US Congress.
Sources[01][02]
Verified fact · material
The bill sought to define how exchanges must operate, which digital assets are securities and the division of authority between the SEC and the CFTC.
Without the law, jurisdiction remains contested between regulators.
Sources[01][02]
Context
Bitcoin fell between 3.7% and 5.3% after the vote, trading below US$ 76 thousand, and ether dropped about 5%, near US$ 2,400.
Immediate price reaction to the legislative defeat.
Sources[01]
Context
The paths cited after the defeat are renegotiating a less ambitious bill, regulation by federal agencies such as the SEC and state legislation in California and New York.
No alternative provides legal certainty in the short term.
Sources[01]

Transmission to assets

Bitcoin and ether ETFs listed on B3 and BDRs of crypto exchanges reflect the drop.

The combination with the Fed rate hike the next day reduces appetite for risk assets with no cash flow backing.

ETFs de bitcoin na B3negative

Regulatory defeat pushes the bitcoin price down.

Quotas follow the underlying asset in dollars.

What would change the view: Reversal if a substitute bill advances.

macro55% confidence

Direction is an explanatory hypothesis, not a forecast or recommendation.

Next signals

Limits of the reporting