How market structure votes could influence 2026 crypto voters

A community director at the advocacy organization Stand With Crypto said US lawmakers’ voting records on a pending market structure bill could impact their reelection chances.

With the longest US government shutdown in the country’s history now over, some lawmakers have turned their attention to passing a digital asset market structure bill that could become a defining issue for many voters in the 2026 midterm elections.

The US Senate Banking Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee have released discussion drafts for their versions of the market structure bill, building on the CLARITY Act passed by the House of Representatives in July. Although the current session of Congress will last until January 2027, lawmakers may have a limited window to pass the bill, known as the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, amid the holiday season and as campaigns for the midterm elections begin.

“Going into 2026, market structure is still [the] number one priority for everybody,” Mason Lynaugh, community director of Stand With Crypto, told Cointelegraph, adding:

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