CLARITY Bill Sprint Phase: DeFi Regulatory Framework Becomes Focus, 69% Chance of Signing Before May

【Crypto World】The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has entered a critical two-week window, with the finalization of the “CLARITY Act” becoming the focal point.

Key dates are approaching: on January 6, the two parties will hold an important coordination meeting to address DeFi regulation and the division of authority between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). It appears that disagreements are quite significant—the main sticking points are how to define the regulatory attributes of decentralized financial products and which agency should have the final say.

Committee Chair Tim Scott recently issued a strong statement: if the two parties continue to stall on these issues, he does not rule out bypassing the Democrats and unilaterally pushing the bill forward. This means time is really running out.

According to prediction market data, the probability of the bill being signed into law before May currently remains steady at 69%. Once the CLARITY Act is enacted, it will establish a clear classification standard for digital assets in the U.S. This will have a profound impact on the market—beyond widely recognized assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum, institutional investment opportunities for other tokens are expected to be significantly expanded. In other words, this is not only an update to the regulatory framework but also a passport for institutional capital to enter Web3.