Anthony Scaramucci Says CLARITY Act Is Dead on Arrival — Predicts Choppy Crypto Market

Anthony Scaramucci warns that President Trump’s own political decisions have effectively killed the CLARITY Act. The former White House communications director, who served as assistant to the President before being fired after just 11 days during Trump’s first term, predicts a choppy crypto market through the rest of this administration.

Scaramucci’s criticism carries the weight of firsthand experience inside the Trump White House. He described his brief tenure as defined by fundamental disagreements with how the President operates.

“I was in violent disagreement with the President about certain things. He doesn’t like listening to people. He likes them listening to him. It’s a big problem in the current war,” Scaramucci told BeInCrypto.

3 Reasons Why the CLARITY Act is Dead on Arrival

The former White House communications director laid out a three-layer argument for why crypto legislation is paralyzed. His bearish regulatory outlook arrives as Bitcoin trades near $66,000, down over 45% from its October 2025 all-time high above $126,000.

In an interview with BeInCrypto, Scaramucci argued that Trump launching meme coins before his inauguration and pocketing an estimated $600 to $700 million created the first layer of political resistance.

Even Democrats who were sympathetic to crypto are now unwilling to hand the President a legislative win. Scaramucci described the meme coin windfall as leaving a “big sour taste” among Trump’s adversaries in Congress.

“I don’t see anybody that is against the President that’s going to allow him to have a win in cryptocurrency policy right now.” – Anthony Scaramucci stated.

The second layer, according to Scaramucci, involves Trump’s territorial posturing toward Greenland. Threatening a NATO ally’s sovereign territory alienated lawmakers who might otherwise have supported bipartisan regulation.

The third and most underestimated factor is the U.S. military campaign in Iran. Scaramucci pointed to a $200 billion defense spending request as evidence that the war is consuming political bandwidth. He noted that the conflict was launched unilaterally without Congressional notification.

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60 Votes Look Nearly Impossible

Scaramucci stated plainly that gathering 60 Senate votes to clear the filibuster is nearly impossible in the current political environment. The CLARITY Act passed the House in July 2025 with a bipartisan 294-to-134 vote, but the Senate version remains stuck over stablecoin yield disputes and broader political friction.

He warned that missing the window before the November 2026 midterms could shelve meaningful crypto regulation for years. Without the CLARITY Act, Scaramucci said layer-1 tokens like Solana, Avalanche, and TON will remain stuck.

The regulatory paralysis also explains the broader digital asset treasury (DAT) selloff. Scaramucci noted that most DAT companies have been hammered, with the sector in what he called a bear market.

Despite his bearish regulatory outlook, Scaramucci remains long-term bullish on Bitcoin. He predicted Bitcoin would “chop higher” but said the full tokenization potential of layer-1 networks cannot be unlocked without legislative progress.

He compared MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin accumulation strategy to Apple’s early iPhone moment, arguing that uncertainty will eventually give way to ubiquity. Scaramucci maintains that Bitcoin will reach $1 million per coin long term, driven by generational wealth transfer from older, skeptical investors to younger demographics who view it differently.

For now, the market waits. If the CLARITY Act passes, Scaramucci expects a face-ripping rally. If it doesn’t, expect more of the same chop that has defined 2026 so far.