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The U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act on September 15, falling short 49-50 in a procedural cloture vote, and the crypto market’s leveraged bulls paid almost immediately, especially in BTC USD and Ethereum.

Bitcoin price analysis is rough right now, as it trades around $75,700, down roughly -2.2% on the day, while a bruised market digests a Senate vote that went nowhere. There’s a quieter number worth watching too, one buried further down in the presale data most traders haven’t looked at yet.

The CLARITY Act vote was meant to put the U.S. crypto industry on a path toward permanent federal rules. However, but the Senate voted 49-50 against advancing the legislation, falling far short of the 60 votes needed to clear the hurdle.

The CLARITY Act failed its biggest test on September 15, when the Senate voted 49-50 to reject cloture on the motion to proceed to the sweeping crypto market structure bill. Technically, the bill is not dead, but it has less time before the 2026 elections.