# CFTC Chairman Says His Agency Will Write Crypto Rules After the Senate Blocks the CLARITY Act

Two House committees advanced a crypto tax bill and a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill within the same 24 hours, shifting digital asset policy from statute toward agency discretion.

- Published: 2026-09-17T05:45:36.942Z
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- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/cftc-chair-will-write-rules-clarity-fail), [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/09/16/u-s-house-s-tax-committee-advances-crypto-tax-bill-in-wake-of-clarity-act-loss), [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/xrp-falls-hard-after-clarity-vote-as-ripples-regulatory-advantage-faces-a-new-test/)

The CLARITY Act failed to reach the 60 votes needed to advance in the Senate, leaving the United States without the statutory market-structure framework the industry has pursued for three years. Mike Selig, chairman of the Commodity Futures…

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