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2026-09-16 02:03:17U.S. Senate stalls crypto market structure bill as Binance shifts commodity TradFi perpetuals to 24/5 trading
The U.S. Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act after the measure drew only 49 votes, well short of the 60 needed to move legislation forward. According to CoinDesk, negotiations broke down over ethics restrictions tied to President Donald Trump’s crypto holdings, with Democrats arguing the bill did not do enough to prevent senior officials from profiting from personal digital asset positions, while Republicans said they had already made major concessions.
Binance, meanwhile, said its commodity-linked TradFi perpetual contracts would move to a 24/5 trading schedule starting Sept. 16 at 05:00 Beijing time, ending the previous one-hour daily maintenance pause. The change covers XAUUSDT, XAGUSDT, XPTUSDT, XPDUSDT, COPPERUSDT, CLUSDT, BZUSDT and NATGASUSDT, as well as future contracts in the same category.
On-chain trackers also flagged several notable transfers. Onchain Lens said Multicoin Capital moved 441,000 HYPE, worth about $35.31 million, from four wallets to Coinbase Prime over the past six hours, a transaction interpreted as a possible pre-sale move. Lookonchain reported that BIT deposited 1,400 BTC to Binance and withdrew 10,000 ETH, while Lazarus Group sold 911 ETH over the past two hours at an average price of $2,499.