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ETHUSD Dip-Buy at 2300 as 55 EMA Hurdle Caps Rally; Upside Targets 2770/2880/3000 on 2500 BreakETHUSD dropped almost $100 from the small peak of $2405 that developed yesterday. It hit an intraday low of $2308 and is currently trading at roughly $2319. 
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Senate Act Stalls: Crypto's Regulatory Lifeline stays frozen in 2026.
Widely known as the CLARITY Act, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (H.R. 3633) continues to languish in the U.S. Senate as of late January 2026, despite having comfortably passed the House in July 2025. By distinctly splitting supervision, the bipartisan law seeks to bring an end to decades of regulatory ambiguity: The CFTC would acquire power over digital products while the SEC would govern tokens designated as securities. Additionally suggesting focused safe havens for distributed finance (DeFi) protocols and a well organized framework for stablecoins, it Markup votes in both the Senate Banking and Agriculture Committees, however, have been repeatedly postponed because of sharp disputes over amendments, strong pushback from state securities regulators (especially NASAA mentioning reduced fraud protections), and high-profile withdrawals of support, including from Coinbase.
Key recent obstacles are the Senate Banking Committee's cancellation of its January 15 markup meeting in light of concerns that the bill's investor protection clauses are inadequate, with ex SEC officials alerting of possible "FTX-like" fraud dangers under the planned setup. Targeting January 27 for action, the Agriculture Committee has also battled to reconcile its version against the House-passed text and incorporate opposing ideas like as the PARITY Act and GENIUS Act amendments. Constant backstage talks with the White House have not resulted in agreement since midterm election-year politics and congested legislative schedules further impede development.
The lengthy stalemate promotes a regulatory gray area that keeps aggravating U.S.-based cryptocurrency companies, exchanges, and token issuers. Institutional demand for digital assets is still strong, but the lack of clear rules has spurred innovation and capital to move abroad instead of locally. The CLARITY Act's vision of an ordered, innovation-friendly U.S. crypto framework stays out of reach until real cross-party agreement comes forth, leaving market players adrift far into 2026.
