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<p>On Thursday, May 14, the <a href="https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/majority/chairman-scott-senate-banking-committee-advance-clarity-act-in-historic-bipartisan-vote" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">US Senate Banking Committee</a> voted 15-9 to advance the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, the comprehensive market structure bill that establishes regulatory boundaries between the <a href="https://www.sec.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">SEC</a> and the <a href="https://www.cftc.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CFTC</a> over digital assets.</p>
<p>The vote followed several hours of partisan dispute over amendments, with Chair Tim Scott (R-SC) securing a bipartisan margin through procedural concessions.</p>
<p>Bitcoin rallied from $79,600 to approximately $81,980 within the hour of the result, with 24-hour trading volume rising 22.29% to $40.31 billion.</p>
<h2 id="15-9-bipartisan-vote-advances-bill-to-full-senate">&nbsp;15-9 bipartisan vote advances bill to full Senate</h2>
<p>The bill drew bipartisan support after Scott agreed to admit a series of additional amendments during the markup.</p>
<p>The committee considered more than 100 filed amendments over the course of the session, with most failing on party-line votes. Notable outcomes:</p>
<ul>
 <li><strong>AI sandbox amendment</strong> by Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) passed 15-9 with bipartisan support, allowing experimental regulatory environments for AI-driven crypto tools</li>
 <li><strong>Bank supervision disclosure amendment</strong> related to Epstein-era oversight, filed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), failed 11-13, with Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) indicating he would have supported a modified version</li>
 <li><strong>Stablecoin yield compromise</strong> survived intact: issuers are prohibited from paying interest solely for holding stablecoins, but user incentives tied to related activities remain permitted</li>
</ul>
<p>The structural disagreement that had stalled the bill since January centered on jurisdictional clarity between the SEC and CFTC, consumer and developer protections, and the stablecoin yield question.</p>
<p>The May 14 text incorporated a compromise on the yield issue that crypto firms had publicly backed earlier in the month.</p>
<h2 id="democrats">Two Democrats cross the aisle: Warner and Alsobrooks</h2>
<p>The two Democrats who voted in favor were Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD).</p>
<p>Multiple other Democrats indicated they were reserving final judgment until law-enforcement and ethics provisions are addressed in the next stage.</p>
<p>The bipartisan margin matters operationally: a 15-9 committee vote signals enough Senate floor support to clear the 60-vote threshold required to break a filibuster, provided current alignment holds.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
 <p><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f6a8.png" alt="🚨"> WATCH: Chairman <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorTimScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@SenatorTimScott</a> leads the Senate Banking Committee in a historic markup of the CLARITY Act, legislation to establish clear rules of the road for digital assets. <a href="https://t.co/wlHj2jcAEF" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/wlHj2jcAEF</a></p>
 <p>— U.S. Senate Banking Committee GOP (@BankingGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/BankingGOP/status/2054931331017015304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">May 14, 2026</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h2 id="btc">Bitcoin recovers $2,000 in minutes on the news</h2>
<p>The price reaction was immediate. Bitcoin had been trading near $79,600 earlier in the session, having broken below the $80,000 psychological level on hot April CPI data published Thursday morning.</p>
<p>The vote outcome flipped sentiment within roughly 90 minutes: BTC reclaimed $80,000, then $81,000, and traded near $81,980 at press time.</p>
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<p>Market capitalisation rose to $1.64 trillion. Ether reclaimed $2,303, Solana traded near $92.72, and XRP added 4.40% to $1.49.</p>
<p>The bid was broad, not concentrated. Spot Bitcoin ETF flows, which had recorded $635 million in net outflows earlier in the session, saw partial recovery in the after-hours window.</p>
<p>The CME futures basis widened modestly, suggesting institutional desks were repositioning rather than retail-driven leverage.</p>
<h2 id="next">Full Senate vote next, July 4 White House target</h2>
<p>The CLARITY Act now advances to a full Senate floor vote. Companion legislation from the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act (DCIA), passed in January on a 12-11 party-line vote.</p>
<p>The two bills will need to be merged before a unified floor vote. If passed by the Senate, the bill returns to the House, which approved an earlier version of the legislation in July 2025.</p>
<p>The White House has signalled July 4, 2026 as a target signing date. That timeline depends on Senate floor scheduling, which Majority Leader John Thune controls, and on whether House Republicans accept the Senate’s stablecoin yield compromise without further amendment.</p>
<p>Industry leaders had publicly framed the markup as the most consequential single Senate action on crypto market structure in 2026.</p>

CLARITY Act passes Senate Banking 15-9, BTC rallies to $82K

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