Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said the regulator will press ahead with its own crypto rulemaking agenda after the Senate failed to advance legislation that would have established a federal framework for digital assets.

The CLARITY Act stalled in the Senate on September 15 when a procedural vote fell short at 49 to 50, leaving the bill unable to reach the 60-vote threshold required for floor consideration. The measure, formally designated H.R. 3633, remains gridlocked as lawmakers have yet to resolve disputes over ethics provisions and stablecoin rules.

Atkins, speaking at the Solana Policy Institute Summit on September 14, laid out a three-part framework the agency is pursuing independently of Congress. In a…