Coinbase CEO Says Senate CLARITY Act Vote Offers Two Paths to Crypto Clarity

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said U.S. crypto markets will gain greater regulatory clarity regardless of the outcome of the Senate's scheduled Sept. 15 vote on the CLARITY Act, which needs 60 votes to advance. The bill, aimed at dividing digital-asset oversight between the SEC and CFTC, was introduced in May 2025 and passed the House in July 2025 by a vote of 294-134 before moving to the Senate. Arizona Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego has said reaching 60 votes will require resolving outstanding ethics provisions alongside other unfinished items. Armstrong said that if the bill fails, the SEC and CFTC have indicated they are prepared to publish rulemaking shortly after the vote, while passage would deliver a broader legislative framework he described as a milestone capable of unlocking institutional capital and paving the way for tokenized-equity products in the U.S. The stakes are direct for Coinbase, where about half of revenue still comes from trading: second-quarter revenue fell to $1.2 billion from $1.5 billion a year earlier, and the company posted a $359.5 million net loss versus a $1.43 billion profit in the same period last year, with shares down nearly 23% year to date.

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Senate CLARITY Act vote and potential SEC/CFTC rulemaking would deliver regulatory clarity that Coinbase says could unlock institutional capital and tokenized-equity products.

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The SEC is named as one of the agencies that would receive divided digital-asset oversight under the CLARITY Act and may publish rulemaking if the bill fails.

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