# Senate Crypto Market-Structure Bill Stays Off the Calendar as Recess Approaches

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the president's memecoin, and Republicans say Democratic objections are what stalled the bill.

- Published: 2026-08-05T05:44:56.721Z
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- Sources: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/08/04/clarity-act-sits-idle-over-trump-ethics-question-as-warren-asks-sec-to-investigate-him), [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/republicans-blame-democrats-clarity-act), [Bitcoin Magazine (Peirce)](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/hester-peirce-hopeful-about-clarity-act), [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/clarity-act-may-stall-but-crypto-can-grow-bitwise/)

The CLARITY Act, the crypto market-structure bill that would divide oversight of digital assets between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is absent from the Senate floor plan wit…

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