The Digital Chamber is leading a coalition of cryptocurrency companies to lobby the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act.
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- The Digital Chamber is leading more than 100 cryptocurrency companies to urge the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act.
- The coalition wants to take action before the Senate’s summer recess to ensure regulatory clarity.
- The Senate Banking Committee already advanced the bill in a bipartisan vote of 15-9 on May 14.
The Digital Chamber has stepped up the coalition’s campaign to urge the US Senate to pass the CLARITY Act. The trade group is drafting the bill as the last realistic window for cryptocurrencies to meet federal market structure rules this year.
This pressure comes after a major procedural victory. Senate Banking Committee already advanced H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, passed on a bipartisan vote of 15-9, sending it to a full battle in the Senate.
What the digital room requires
The Digital Chamber, the Cryptocurrency Innovation Council, and the Blockchain Association are running parallel lobbying tracks targeting swing-vote senators on the Banking Committee and the broader Democratic caucus. Bipartisan support is treated as a difficult prerequisite for reaching the 60-vote threshold.
The coalition’s April letter to the Senate Banking Senate referred to what the industry calls Operation Choke Point 2.0, an informal pressure campaign by federal regulators that the bill would force to set formal rules. Stand With Crypto also issued a call to action.
Formerly Crypto.news I mentioned The Banking Committee vote, with Democrat Ruben Gallego joining all 13 Republicans. The bill was approved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 294 to 134 in July 2025.
What stands in the way?
Two issues remain unresolved. Senator Elizabeth Warren opposed the bill, citing weak anti-money laundering provisions and unresolved ethics language around officials profiting from cryptocurrencies. The moral judgment associated with the Trump family’s involvement in cryptocurrencies remains a sticking point.
Digital Chamber CEO Cody Carbone previously said the ethics deal “will be completed before it gets to the floor, because they’ll only want to get it to the floor if they feel confident they’ll get 60.” Senator Cynthia Lummis He said The floor could be voted on by August.
The Banking Committee bill would still have to merge with the Senate Agriculture Committee’s version, clear the 60-vote threshold, and then conform to the House text. Crypto news tracking A narrow calendar window, with the legislative path narrowing as Congress heads into its summer recess.
