Bitcoin Gains Regulatory Ground as Crypto Rules Remain Unsettled for CLARITY Act

In CLARITY Act news today, BlackRock head of digital assets Robert Mitchnick told CNBC on Wednesday that the CLARITY Act is less critical for Bitcoin than for the rest of the crypto market. He said Bitcoin had achieved a level of regulatory acceptance that most other digital assets had not.

His remarks came as US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds pulled in $232.1M on Wednesday, extending an eight-day inflow streak to $2.8Bn, according to CoinGlass.

Mitchnick's comments drew a distinction between Bitcoin and areas such as decentralized finance (DeFi) and other complex crypto categories. For those areas, he said, the regulatory picture remains unsettled.

CLARITY Act News: Where the Bill Stands

H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, passed the House of Representatives by a 294-134 vote on July 17, 2025, according to the congressional record.

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee reported the measure with an amendment in the nature of a substitute on June 1, 2026. The Senate then received a motion for cloture and a motion to proceed to consideration of the measure on Aug. 8, 2026.

The bill has not passed the Senate. Its official title, as amended by the House, calls for a system of regulation for the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.