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Story: New PAC Backs Crypto Builders as CLARITY Act Heads Toward Senate Vote

By Bruce Buterin

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What the PAC Actually Wants. Builders, for anyone who needs a refresher, are the developers and innovators creating…

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The Broader Regulatory Tension. The CLARITY Act itself isn't purely hostile to crypto.

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What Builders Stand to Lose. The practical implications run wide. The PAC says the outcome of this vote could shape everything…

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A new political action committee just jumped into one of Washington's messiest crypto fights.

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The PAC's core complaint is pretty straightforward: the CLARITY Act, as written, doesn't do enough to protect the people building the infrastructure. No carve-outs.

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Builders, for anyone who needs a refresher, are the developers and innovators creating foundational technologies inside the crypto ecosystem. Smart contract writers.

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The committee is actively lobbying for amendments. It's engaging directly with lawmakers, making the case that regulatory changes need to create what it calls a "conducive…

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It's not a new argument. Builders have been raising this concern for years across multiple rounds of crypto legislation.

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The CLARITY Act itself isn't purely hostile to crypto. The whole point of the bill is to clear up the regulatory ambiguity that's plagued digital asset businesses for years — the…

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See also: CLARITY Act Stalls in Congress, Leaving 50 Million Crypto Users Without Rules

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That's a nuanced position, and it's kind of hard to communicate in a Senate hearing room. The PAC seems to know that.

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The stakes here are real. A Senate floor vote is coming, and the PAC is ramping up its efforts ahead of it.

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The practical implications run wide. The PAC says the outcome of this vote could shape everything from new token launches to blockchain development more broadly.

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The committee is also focused on barriers to entry. Emerging technologies — new protocols, new chains, new applications — can't absorb heavy compliance costs the way established…

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