{"id":27752,"date":"2026-05-06T19:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/why-gillibrand-believes-the-clarity-act-will-pass-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:11:24","slug":"why-gillibrand-believes-the-clarity-act-will-pass-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/why-gillibrand-believes-the-clarity-act-will-pass-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Gillibrand believes the CLARITY Act will pass in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Senator Kirsten Gillibrand took the Consensus Miami 2026 mainstage on Day 2 and expressed optimism about the CLARITY Act\u2019s prospects in Congress, appearing alongside Kevin O\u2019Leary and Coinbase\u2019s Paul Grewal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_2374d50dd2d3622f3f5494a44a5a9f4a\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appeared on the Consensus Miami 2026 mainstage on May 6 and said she is optimistic about the path forward for the CLARITY Act.<\/li>\n<li>Gillibrand also discussed AI regulation and her outlook for Democrats in the 2026 midterms during her live Consensus appearance.<\/li>\n<li>Charles Hoskinson, Eric Trump, and Michael Saylor were also scheduled to appear at Consensus Miami on Day 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Senator Kirsten Gillibrand took the mainstage at Consensus Miami 2026 on Wednesday alongside Kevin O\u2019Leary and Coinbase executive Paul Grewal, expressing optimism that the CLARITY Act can advance through Congress before the May 21 Memorial Day deadline. Her appearance came as the Senate Banking Committee moves toward what may be its last viable markup window for the legislation this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand said she is optimistic about the bill\u2019s path and weighed in on both AI regulation and the 2026 midterm outlook for Democrats. Her comments added a Democratic voice to the Consensus stage at a moment when the CLARITY Act\u2019s fate depends heavily on bipartisan support in the Senate Banking Committee.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>As crypto.news reported, Chair Tim Scott has secured most Republican votes but Senator John Kennedy has withheld support, leaving the path to markup unresolved. Senator Thom Tillis separately raised a new complication: law enforcement groups oppose a DeFi developer liability provision in the bill. Senators Cynthia Lummis and Bernie Moreno have both said failure before May 21 pushes the next realistic window to 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told the Consensus crowd on Day 1 that the past week represented a \u201cbig positive shift\u201d in Senate momentum, while banking groups have continued to push back on stablecoin yield provisions. <\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand\u2019s Day 2 remarks signal that at least some Democrats are prepared to provide the bipartisan cover the bill needs to reach a floor vote, a dynamic that may prove decisive before Memorial Day recess closes the window entirely.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Kirsten Gillibrand took the Consensus Miami 2026 mainstage on Day 2 and expressed optimism about the CLARITY Act\u2019s prospects in Congress, appearing alongside Kevin O\u2019Leary and Coinbase\u2019s Paul Grewal.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27754,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27752\/revisions\/27754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}