The Senate Killed CLARITY — 24 Hours Later, a 38–5 Vote Made Crypto History on Taxes (And It Comes With a Catch)
On September 15, the US Senate voted 49–50 to kill the CLARITY Act’s procedural motion. Market structure reform — the thing the entire industry has been lobbying for since 2023 — died on the floor. Twenty-four hours later, on September 16, the House Ways and Means Committee voted 38–5 to advance H.R. 10357, the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act. That is a bigger deal than the headline number suggests, and it is also a trade, not a gift. ...