Grayscale: CLARITY Act May Benefit Bitcoin Less Than Smart-Contract Platforms
Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl said the CLARITY Act would be a positive catalyst on a Sept 15 Senate vote but noted Bitcoin already has the clearest regulatory status as a digital commodity.
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Zach Pandl, Grayscale Head of Research, said the CLARITY Act would be a positive catalyst if passed on the scheduled September 15 Senate vote.
Pandl argued Bitcoin may benefit less than Ethereum, Solana and other smart-contract platforms because BTC is already treated as a digital commodity with limited use case.
He called for strongly bipartisan treatment of crypto as a normal industry.
Stuart Alderoty, Ripple chief legal officer and National Cryptocurrency Association president, called on senators to back the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act before the September 15 cloture vote on H.R. 3633.
An NCA-commissioned study estimates the crypto industry supports 34,000 full-time US positions and a broader total of 232,000 jobs nationwide.
Scope of the estimate
The September 15 vote decides only whether the Senate begins formal consideration of the bill.
The 232,000 figure is a modeled estimate from the NCA-commissioned report, not a live payroll census or government statistic, and reflects the industry's current footprint rather than any incremental jobs that would follow passage.
Unknowns
Passage odds and exact scope of any final bill remain unknown.
No quantified asset-specific impact estimates have been provided.