Senator Lummis Warns CLARITY Act Delay Could Push Crypto Law to 2030

TLDR

• Senator Cynthia Lummis says if the CLARITY Act fails this Congress, the next chance for crypto market structure legislation is 2030
• The bill passed the House in July 2025 and has been stalled in the Senate for over a year
• A procedural vote is scheduled for September 15, but final passage before November midterms is seen as unlikely
• Unresolved ethics provisions demanded by Democrats remain a key sticking point
• Bitcoin was trading around $79,000 with the Crypto Fear and Greed Index at 75, in “greed” territory

Senator Cynthia Lummis is pushing hard for the Senate to act on the CLARITY Act, warning that failure to pass it now could set the crypto industry back by years.

If the Clarity Act doesn’t pass this Congress, the next real opportunity to bring market structure legislation back up is 2030. That’s years of jobs, investment, and tax revenue we can avoid squandering if we finish this now.

- Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) September 6, 2026

Lummis posted on X on September 6 that if the CLARITY Act does not pass in this Congress, the next realistic chance for market structure legislation will not come until 2030.

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