60 Votes

Countdown clock over a night-time US financial district, marking the 24 hours to August CPI, five days to the CLARITY Act 60-vote cloture test and seven days to the FOMC decision

24 Hours to CPI, 5 Days to the 60-Vote Cliff: Bitcoin's Three-Countdown Week

Bitcoin is doing something unusual this week: it is holding still while three separate clocks race toward zero. It traded between roughly $77,600 and $79,700 across Sept 9 and 10 and sits near $78,300, after sliding from early-September highs near $82,000. A $264 million liquidation flush under $78,000 was bought back within hours. That is not apathy — that is a market that has already made up its mind and is waiting for the calendar to catch up. ...

Bitcoin price chart giving back the $80,000 level in the first full US session after Labor Day 2026, six days before the CLARITY Act 60-vote cloture test in the Senate

Six Days to the 60-Vote Cliff: Bitcoin Gives Back $80K and the Dip Buyers Are Catching the Knife

Bitcoin just did the thing that ends rallies — then proved it doesn’t matter. Three sessions ago it spiked to $82,283. This morning it’s back under $80,000, trading near $78,650 in Asia. And in the very same breath, US spot ETFs bought, Strive bought, and a whale parked a $74.5 million bid beneath the floor. That’s not a breakdown. That’s a transfer — with six days left before the Senate’s 60-vote cliff. ...

Bitcoin holding the $80,000 level seven days before the CLARITY Act 60-vote cloture test in the US Senate on September 15, 2026

Seven Days to the 60-Vote Cliff: The Senate Gavel That Settles US Crypto Falls Sept 15 — Smart Money Isn't Waiting for It

You watched August hand out a 25% rally from $62,700 and told yourself the pullback would come. It did — and it got bought within hours. Now Washington holds the match: a 60-vote Senate cliff on Sept 15 that settles US crypto for a generation. Seven days left. Are you inside the trade or still watching it from the couch? The 60-Vote Cliff: Why Sept 15 Isn’t a Normal Vote Markets keep framing the CLARITY Act as “likely but uncertain.” That framing is stale. On Tuesday, Sept 15, Majority Leader John Thune brings the bill to the floor for a cloture vote — a motion to proceed that needs 60 votes. He filed it before the August recess precisely to lock this date in. That single procedural gavel is the most important vote in the history of American crypto regulation, and here is the math nobody on TV is doing out loud. ...