Bitcoin drops below $76,000 as Senate rejects CLARITY Act motion
The US Senate failed on Sept. 15 to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, stalling efforts to create a federal framework for crypto markets as Bitcoin fell sharply below $76,000. Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $75,305.00 24-hour change: down 1.98% Loading price history… 24H Down 1.98% 7D Down 5.40% 30D Up 18.87% The cloture vote on the motion to proceed failed 49-50, and the measure needed 60 votes to move to debate, so the result was a procedural defeat. The bill was designed to replace the industrys fragmented regulatory environment with uniform federal rules for issuing, trading and selling digital assets. Its failure to advance leaves that wider market-structure push unresolved and denies supporters an immediate path to floor debate. The Senates official schedule had set the vote for approximately 2:15 p.m. ET. The outcome fell well short of the required supermajority, turning a closely watched policy test into a new source of uncertainty for crypto businesses and investors. Bitcoins decline started before the tally Bitcoin hit an intraday low of $74,967.97 on Sept. 15, after already falling below $76,000 before the vote. The altcoin market cap tumbled 3.6% in the same period, but managed to stay above $1.15 trillion. Traders were also preparing for









