Ripple CEO Garlinghouse Calls CLARITY Act ‘Within Reach’ for XRP (XRP) Before Sept. 15 Vote

Garlinghouse's September 4 Intervention

On September 4, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse publicly backed the push to pass the CLARITY Act, responding to Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig's remarks on the administration's crypto agenda. “Making America the crypto capital of the world is within reach — let's finish the job,” Garlinghouse wrote in a September 4 post on X. The message landed fewer than two weeks before the Senate's scheduled test of the market-structure bill, and it arrived while traders were already positioning for a possible regulatory catalyst around XRP (XRP). For the asset, whose 2026 price swings have repeatedly turned on regulatory headlines, the timing carries real weight: the CLARITY Act has become the focal point of the US legislative debate over digital-asset oversight, and Ripple sits squarely inside that debate.

September 4 post on Xhttps://x.com/AltcoinPro_/status/2095819326431650024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The mechanics of the next step are precise. The Senate scheduled a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the CLARITY Act for September 15 at 2:15 PM ET. A cloture motion — the Senate procedure that limits debate and clears a measure for consideration — requires 60 votes here to open formal consideration of the bill. That makes the September 15 session a gate rather than a verdict: it is not a final passage vote, but its result will determine whether the legislation advances to floor debate and further negotiation or stalls. A failed motion could effectively derail the bill's progress for the remainder of the year, a risk traders are now weighing alongside the token's chart setup.

Selig's own comments had framed the administration's crypto agenda in supportive terms, and Garlinghouse's reply cast the remaining work as legislative rather than regulatory. The exchange between the two officials — the sitting CFTC chairman and the CEO of the company most exposed to US market-structure outcomes — gave the September 15 date a significance it would not otherwise carry. Traders tracking the XRP market treated the message as a signal that executive-branch momentum behind the bill had not faded.

$1.35 Support, $1.50 in Play

XRP traded near $1.44 heading into the weekend, capping a volatile week in which the token rebounded sharply from the $1.31 area and briefly approached $1.48. The asset added roughly 6% to 7% over the past seven days, although profit-taking repeatedly kept it below its recent highs — a reminder that the altcoin remains well below its all-time high even after the recovery. Recent market data suggests traders are repositioning around the regulatory catalyst rather than simply chasing momentum, with stronger trading activity accompanying the rebound.

The levels in focus are specific. The $1.35 area has emerged as the key support zone for the bullish case; a sustained break below it could expose XRP to another test of the low $1.30s, especially if expectations surrounding the CLARITY Act deteriorate. On the upside, reclaiming $1.48 to $1.50 would strengthen the short-term setup and open the door toward $1.60. Prediction markets reflect that interest: Coinbase's event contracts — the exchange's prediction markets — priced a roughly 67% probability of XRP reaching $1.60 during September. Longer-dated expectations are more divided, with roughly a 41% probability of XRP exceeding $2 in 2026 and about 29% for a move above $2.50, leaving year-end outcomes spread across a wide $1.25 to $2.50 range.

The bill's unresolved content explains the caution. The CLARITY Act continues to face disagreements over stablecoin rewards, DeFi rules, ethics provisions and consumer protections, leaving XRP caught between a potentially bullish regulatory catalyst and broader market volatility. For readers weighing exposure ahead of the vote, our guide to where to buy XRP covers the practical mechanics, and technical traders can revisit our earlier charting of how XRP echoes its 2024 pattern before prior expansions. Readers tracking the market in real time can follow live spot and futures prices on Gate.

Sixty Votes, Eleven Days

Strip away the price action and one thread runs through XRP's 2026: regulatory clarity. The CLARITY Act is where that thread now reaches a decision point, and the document itself — not the commentary around it — is what matters. As proposed legislation, the bill binds no one until both chambers pass it and it is signed into law; the September 15 motion merely asks 60 senators whether the chamber will debate the text at all. That distinction between a pending bill and an enacted rule separates the current optimism from a done deal. Counted from the dates the record fixes, the present run is short — eleven days separate Garlinghouse's September 4 message from the vote.