
Crypto industry reacts after Clarity Act fails Senate vote
The Clarity Act fell short of 60 votes in the Senate. CoinDesk rounds up how crypto and banking leaders, including Matter Labs, are reading the outcome.

Published Jan 13, 2026 · The Block
ZKsync's 2026 roadmap focuses on real-world adoption, expanding Prividium, ZK Stack and Airbender for institutional partners.
ZKsync Prioritizes Real-World Infrastructure in 2026
Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski outlined ZKsync's 2026 roadmap focused on expanding three core products for institutional adoption: Prividium for enterprise privacy, ZK Stack for application-specific blockchains, and Airbender as a universal proving standard.
The plan targets deep partnerships with regulated financial institutions, market infrastructure providers and large enterprises, with production deployments expected to serve tens of millions of users.
"Enterprise crypto adoption was blocked not only by regulatory uncertainty, but by missing infrastructure," Gluchowski said. "2026 is the year ZKsync moves from foundational deployments to visible scale."

The Clarity Act fell short of 60 votes in the Senate. CoinDesk rounds up how crypto and banking leaders, including Matter Labs, are reading the outcome.

Matter Labs open-sources Prividium's permissioning engine so institutions can run a permissioned chain in their own environment — Bundesbank tests it first.