Government officials, crypto leaders rally behind CLARITY Act passage ahead of Congress's resumption

• Crypto industry leaders and US officials are ramping up pressure on Congress to advance the CLARITY Act as lawmakers return.
• Top government voices, including Scott Bessent, Senator Lummis and David Sacks, emphasized urgency for the Senate to pass the bill.
• Crypto industry leaders, including Brian Armstrong, Brad Garlinghouse and Marc Andreessen, have also shown support for the bill.

US government officials and leading crypto industry figures are intensifying calls for Congress to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, as lawmakers prepare to resume full legislative activity next week.

The CLARITY bill seeks to clarify oversight between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). It also includes provisions to limit regulatory overreach on blockchain networks. 

Despite clearing the House, the bill has stalled in the Senate Banking Committee amid ongoing negotiations over stablecoin regulation and related provisions. However, renewed backing from government leaders has revived expectations that the legislation could be passed in the coming months.

Government officials, crypto leaders push for CLARITY bill passage

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been among the most vocal proponents in recent days, urging lawmakers to move the bill forward.

Bessent previously warned that regulatory uncertainty pushed innovation to jurisdictions such as Abu Dhabi and Singapore. He also framed the CLARITY Act as a necessary complement to the GENIUS Act, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump last year.

Senator Cynthia Lummis, Chair of the Senate Banking Committee's digital assets subcommittee, echoed the need for urgency in an X post, noting that this is "our last chance to pass the Clarity Act until at least 2030. We can't afford to surrender America's financial future."

"This is the most pro-digital asset administration in United States history. It's the right time to pass the Clarity Act. If not now, then when," she wrote.

David Sacks, a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, framed the CLARITY Act as a continuation of recent US digital asset policy efforts, following last year's stablecoin legislation.

"The GENIUS Act, signed by President Trump last year, established US leadership on stablecoins. The CLARITY Act, also known as market structure legislation, would do the same for all other digital assets by providing clear rules of the road. Secretary Bessent is right: the time to act is now. Senate Banking, and then the full Senate, should pass market structure," Sacks wrote in an X post.

Support for the legislation has also strengthened across the crypto sector, signaling a shift from earlier divisions over key provisions such as stablecoin yields and decentralized finance safeguards.

Industry leaders such as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen and General Partner Chris Dixon have called for the bill's passage.

Advocates across government and key industries view the CLARITY Act as central to fulfilling the Trump administration's ambition to position the US as a global hub for digital assets.