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September 15, 2026 13:06:37 UTC Chainlink’s Chris Barrett Predicts CLARITY Act Passes With Over 60 Votes Chainlink’s Chris Barrett said he believes the CLARITY Act will pass today with more than 60 votes. After 14 years in crypto and 9 years helping build Chainlink, he called the moment a turning point for America, giving builders, …

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Bitcoin is trading near $77,000, in what analysts describe as an institutional holding range rather than a breakout or a decline. Support sits between $76,000 and $77,000, with resistance at $78,000-$79,000 and again at $80,000-$82,000. Altcoins have outperformed Bitcoin over the past 30 days. Leverage has followed the same pattern. Open interest in altcoin perpetual …

The post DeFi Provisions Gutted In Latest CLARITY Act Draft, Critics Say appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News

DeFi took a significant hit in the latest version of the CLARITY Act, with the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act scaled back in the process. One legal scholar called the change a “rug pull,” expressing deep disappointment while still urging lawmakers to pass the broader bill, arguing crypto is better off with it than without. The …

The post Will the CLARITY Act Pass the Senate Today? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News

Connor Brown, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute and a former Senate staffer, laid out exactly what’s at stake as the Senate holds a cloture vote today on the CLARITY Act.  Republicans control 53 seats, with two possibly sitting out, meaning 7 to 9 Democrats need to cross the aisle to reach the 60 …

The post XRP News: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Says CLARITY Act Trades ‘Weren’t Small’ appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse pushed back Sunday on the idea that the CLARITY Act represents a watered-down compromise, responding to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s public reaffirmation of support for the bill. “This bill isn’t just a compromise, it’s the product of real, substantive trades policymakers made to get here,” Garlinghouse wrote, adding that those trades …

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Senate Democrats rejected the latest CLARITY Act draft over ethics concerns, just hours ahead of Tuesday’s crucial cloture vote, according to reports. Democrats argue the new crypto ethics rules still don’t go far enough, even as Republicans have called this their final offer. Democrats are now drafting a counterproposal before the 2:15 PM vote. Sentiment …

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XRP is trading at $1.48, up 6.4% over 24 hours, as momentum builds ahead of Tuesday’s cloture vote on the CLARITY Act. Republicans released what they’re calling their “last, best and final offer” on CLARITY ahead of Tuesday’s vote. Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn raised his odds of CLARITY passing in 2026 from 10% to 25% …

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The total crypto market cap climbed to $2.77 trillion, up 2.3% over 24 hours, with Bitcoin leading the way at $79,187.27, up 2.1%. XRP posted the strongest move among majors, jumping 6.4% to $1.46, while Ethereum rose 1.1% to $2,541.20. The rally comes as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the CLARITY Act is essential for …

The post Senate Officially Schedules CLARITY Act Cloture Vote For Tuesday appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News

The US Senate has officially set Tuesday, 2:15 PM ET, for the CLARITY Act’s cloture vote. Clearing that hurdle requires 60 votes to open formal debate, which can then run for up to 30 hours if approved. Final passage after that would only need a simple majority of 51 votes. The vote marks crypto’s most …

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Swiss Bitcoin Pay says it has temporarily shut down its servers after detecting likely unauthorized access to its internal systems. The company believes the intruder may have accessed customer email addresses, Bitcoin addresses, IBANs, transaction history, and hashed passwords, though it’s not yet clear if other data was compromised. Swiss Bitcoin Pay confirmed user funds …