{"id":76418,"date":"2026-08-05T17:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/crypto-can-survive-clarity-act-failure-not-the-wait\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:21:07","slug":"crypto-can-survive-clarity-act-failure-not-the-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/crypto-can-survive-clarity-act-failure-not-the-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Can Survive CLARITY Act Failure, Not the Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Bitwise\u2019s Matt Hougan sees Clarity Act odds near a coin flip.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Hougan said SEC Chair Paul Atkins\u2019 July 31 vow to bring finance onchain softens the blow if the bill dies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Bitwise says stablecoins and tokenization have hit \u201cescape velocity,\u201d especially with a Senate vote due before Aug. 7.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Can\u2019t Thrive in the in-Between\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>As the Clarity Act limps toward the Senate\u2019s Friday recess deadline, Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan argued this week that the industry\u2019s fate <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.bitwiseinvestments.com\/cio-memos\/what-to-expect-if-clarity-fails-this-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">does not hinge on a single vote<\/a>, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Even if Clarity fails to pass this week, that won\u2019t give us a final resolution. The SEC is ready, willing, and able to come out with rules that address the same issues [as] Clarity..<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_836952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-836952\" style=\"width:1191px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-836952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reason Hougan is not forecasting disaster has a name, i.e. Paul Atkins. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman used a July 31 speech to vow to bring the entire U.S. financial system onchain, and has said the agency is ready to provide crypto rules if the Clarity Act flounders in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Atkins\u2019 Project Crypto initiative has already produced a Regulation Crypto rulemaking package on the agency\u2019s 2026 agenda, covering token registration exemptions, a safe harbor for decentralizing projects, and broker-dealer custody and trading venues. The chairman has described the package as a bridge to the Clarity Act, one that could carry the industry through a legislative failure and deliver much of the same certainty by rule rather than statute.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_836956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-836956\" style=\"width:1029px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-836956\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bitwise-cio-crypto-can-survive-clarity-act-failure-not-the-wait3_nwmk.jpg\" alt=\"Bitwise CIO comments on clarity Act\" width=\"1029\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bitwise-cio-crypto-can-survive-clarity-act-failure-not-the-wait3_nwmk-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bitwise-cio-crypto-can-survive-clarity-act-failure-not-the-wait3_nwmk-1024x314.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bitwise-cio-crypto-can-survive-clarity-act-failure-not-the-wait3_nwmk-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bitwise-cio-crypto-can-survive-clarity-act-failure-not-the-wait3_nwmk.jpg 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-836956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: Bitwise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That is a striking reversal from the agency\u2019s posture just two years ago, and it is why Hougan pointed to Atkins\u2019 readiness as the key cushion under the market this week.<\/p>\n<h2>Escape Velocity<\/h2>\n<p>Hougan\u2019s larger argument is that the industry has outgrown any single bill. Stablecoins and tokenization, he says, have already achieved \u201cescape velocity,\u201d which is to say that adoption will continue regardless of what the Senate does before Friday. If the Clarity Act passes, he expects it to trigger an immediate bull market; if it fails, he anticipates volatility but not the end of the cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone at Bitwise is quite so relaxed about the calendar. The firm has separately warned that a failure could stall the 2026 crypto bull run by prolonging the uncertainty institutions hate most, and prediction market traders have <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/prediction-market-traders-turn-bearish-on-clarity-act-becoming-law-in-2026\/\">turned bearish<\/a> on the bill becoming law this year. Others in the industry remain sunnier, with one Coinbase executive saying last week he was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/coinbase-dagostino-relentlessly-optimistic-clarity-act\/\">relentlessly optimistic<\/a> about the act\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/bitwise-cio-crypto-can-survive-clarity-act-failure-not-the-wait\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Bitwise\u2019s Matt Hougan sees Clarity Act odds near a coin flip. Hougan said SEC Chair Paul Atkins\u2019 July 31 vow to bring finance onchain softens the blow if the bill dies. Bitwise says stablecoins and tokenization have hit \u201cescape velocity,\u201d especially with a Senate vote due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362404,"featured_media":76419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}