Crypto News Today: CLARITY Act Fails in Senate as Pepeto Presale Crosses $11M

The biggest crypto news this week landed on September 15 when the U.S. Senate voted 49 to 50 to block the CLARITY Act. The bill needed 60 votes. It got 50. That kills the market framework for 2026, per The Street on September 15.

Bitcoin slipped below $76,000 after the vote. Crypto prices dropped across the board. But below the headlines, something else is going on. The coins that do not need a law to work are the ones still drawing money. Pepeto is a presale at $0.0000001895 with a live exchange, a cross chain bridge, and more than $11 million raised.

Why Did the CLARITY Act Fail and What Does This Crypto News Mean?

The Senate voted on September 15 at 2:15 PM ET to block the CLARITY Act from going to full debate, per CNBC. The vote was 49 to 50. Key Democrats who spent months on the bill voted no, per The Street.

The bill would have set clear rules for which tokens are assets and which are not. Without it, the SEC and CFTC will keep making their own calls. For the market, that means more fog, not less. But the coins that already run, trade, and audit their own contracts are the ones that do not need the fog to lift.

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