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US Senate kills landmark crypto bill as Trump ethics divide fractures the vote

The landmark US crypto bill in focus is now a legislative casualty. The Senate failed to pass it after the chamber split over concerns tied to Trump ethics, a massive setback for an industry that had committed record sums to lobbying for a favorable market structure. No revised path forward has been announced.

By Miles BroadbentDigital Assets DeskSeptember 15, 20262 min read
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Key takeaways

  • The US Senate failed to pass the landmark crypto market structure bill after the chamber split over concerns tied to Trump ethics.
  • The vote fractured over Trump ethics concerns that were unrelated to the bill's regulatory content.
  • The crypto industry had committed record sums to lobbying for a favorable market structure ahead of the vote.
  • No revised path forward or plan to revive the bill has been announced.
  • The setback stemmed from an external political variable that the industry's lobbying capacity was not built to absorb.

The landmark US crypto bill in focus is now a legislative casualty. The Senate failed to pass it after the chamber split over concerns tied to Trump ethics, a massive setback for an industry that had committed record sums to lobbying for a favorable market structure. No revised path forward has been announced.

That record investment had a single target: a Senate majority on market structure. The Trump ethics concerns opened a fault line through the chamber that had nothing to do with the bill's regulatory content. A setback driven by an external political variable is harder to plan around than one driven by policy disagreement, and the industry's lobbying capacity was not built to absorb this kind of variable.

What to watch is any Senate calendar development that signals a path to reviving the market structure framework. The central question the industry now has to price is whether the ethics concerns that fractured this vote can be separated from the policy debate in a future session, or whether they remain entangled long enough to exhaust the current legislative window entirely.

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Filed by the digital assets desk of MarketPR on September 15, 2026. Source: ft.com. Indicative figures are not investment advice.

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Frequently asked

Why did the crypto bill fail in the Senate?

The Senate failed to pass it because the chamber split over concerns tied to Trump ethics, an issue unrelated to the bill's regulatory content.

What did the crypto industry do ahead of the vote?

The industry committed record sums to lobbying, with the single target of securing a Senate majority on market structure.

Is there a new plan to revive the bill?

No revised path forward has been announced; the industry is watching the Senate calendar for any signal of reviving the market structure framework.

What is the key question facing the industry now?

Whether the ethics concerns that fractured the vote can be separated from the policy debate in a future session, or whether they stay entangled long enough to exhaust the current legislative window.