The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act has cleared the House and survived a contentious Senate committee markup, but it still hasn't reached the floor, and August 10 is when the Senate leaves for its state work period. One research desk pegs the odds of passage this year at roughly 50-50, with a crypto market now valued near $2.3 trillion waiting to see whether Bitcoin gets a hard legal definition or another year of agency-by-agency guesswork.