September 15, 2026.
The procedural vote to bring the bill forward: 49–50.
It needed 60 votes. It fell 11 short.
This was not a final vote to pass the law.
But the bill also did not enter full Senate debate.
All 49 yes votes came from Republicans.
Four Republicans voted no: Collins, Hawley, Moran, and Tillis.
Tillis voted no as a procedure so the vote can be brought back later.
No Democrat voted yes.
The bill aims to split duties between the SEC and the CFTC and set rules for exchanges, developers, and ethics.
The House passed it in 2025.
The Senate still disagrees on conflicts of interest and stablecoin yield. The election calendar also leaves less time to keep talking.
A full U.S. framework is delayed.
Agencies can still write their own rules.
Legal uncertainty remains. Large capital may stay cautious.
For mobile mining users, the KYCFIRST standard does not change.
Do not wait for a framework law to protect you.
Choose projects that set their own standard:
Verify new eligible users within 30 days.
Confirm and pay mining rewards, invite rewards, and other published rewards every month.
Do not use new rules to erase valid work already completed.
The CLARITY Act does not force projects to pay rewards every month.
A project also should not use delayed U.S. law as a reason to delay user rewards.
VERIFY EARLY.
PAY REWARDS MONTHLY.
PROTECT VALID WORK.
