Ripple says XRP legal clarity remains intact after CLARITY Act failure
XRP (XRP)
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Eugene Serbin
news.bitcoin.com reports that the CLARITY Act failed its Senate test on September 15, with senators rejecting cloture on H.R. 3633 in a 49-50 vote. Ripple stated that this outcome does not alter XRP’s established legal position or disrupt its business operations. The company emphasized that its 2023 court victory established XRP is not a security, while a March 2026 joint interpretation from the SEC and CFTC named XRP a digital commodity.
Ripple described the vote as a missed opportunity for the broader digital asset industry but drew a clear distinction between that setback and XRP’s specific status. The firm noted that the failed legislation incorporated 126 negotiated changes yet still lacked the votes needed to advance. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse previously highlighted a large opportunity for XRP within institutional payment infrastructure tied to $16 trillion in annual activity.
The company also pointed to expanded stablecoin infrastructure through Ripple Mint for managing Ripple USD (RLUSD). Development continues on the XRP Ledger, which supports applications for payments and tokenization. Ripple concluded that it stands on settled ground, maintaining its global footprint and customer relationships despite the lack of a durable statutory framework.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for XRP, measured when this story was written up on 17 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
XRP is trading at $1.30 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 51.8%, indicating that buyers are slightly outpacing sellers over the full day. In the last hour, the buy ratio rose to 55.9% with a positive volume delta of $725,776, showing that buying pressure is building in the short term. However, the 4-hour buy ratio sits at 49.7% with a negative volume delta of -$215,268, suggesting that selling pressure dominated during that slightly longer window. The 24-hour volume delta is +$8,859,534, and the cumulative volume delta closed at +$9,005,117, confirming that net buying has occurred over the day. Spot volume reached $250,415,754 with 985,735 trades, and net buying occurred in 17 of the last 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.6% sits at the 83rd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 48.5% - stronger buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for XRP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 48.9%, making the current 24-hour ratio of 51.8% an unusual day with 2.8 points more buying than the weekly average. Volume was 1.14 times the weekly average, indicating heightened activity compared to the norm. The coin experienced a price change of -6.8% over eight days, with a total volume delta of -$2,909,350 for the period. Only two of the seven days saw net buying, contrasting with the 17 days of net buying recorded in the last 24 hours.