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Story: Solana Policy Institute CEO: Clarity Act Faces 10% Chance Before Midterms

By James Thorp

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A 10% Shot and a Packed Congressional Calendar. Getting any bill through Congress is hard. Getting a crypto bill through Congress, in a divided…

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Recess, Gridlock, and What It Means for Crypto. August recess is a known dead zone for legislation. With Congress out, there's basically no path…

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What Happens If the Bill Stalls Past the Midterms. If the Clarity Act doesn't move before the midterms — and Whitehouse-Levine thinks it probably…

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Miller Whitehouse-Levine didn't sugarcoat it. The CEO of the Solana Policy Institute put the odds of the Clarity Act advancing before the midterm elections at just 10% — and that…

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The bill, designed to hand the crypto industry something it's been chasing for years — a coherent federal regulatory framework — is stuck in what Whitehouse-Levine called "August…

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Getting any bill through Congress is hard. Getting a crypto bill through Congress, in a divided political environment, with a packed legislative calendar and an election cycle…

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The Clarity Act itself isn't a fringe proposal. It's a real legislative effort targeting the regulatory gray zone that crypto companies have been operating in for years.

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But 10% is 10%. Whitehouse-Levine didn't dress up the odds.

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August recess is a known dead zone for legislation. With Congress out, there's basically no path to committee action, floor votes, or any of the procedural steps a bill needs to…

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Whitehouse-Levine's broader concern is that the industry can't afford prolonged delays. That's not spin.

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The frustration across the industry is real and it's been building for a while. Regulatory uncertainty at the federal level has pushed some projects offshore, slowed hiring at…

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If the Clarity Act doesn't move before the midterms — and Whitehouse-Levine thinks it probably won't — the political math gets more complicated.

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So the industry is kind of in a waiting game right now. Stakeholders are watching to see whether any alternative paths emerge — whether some narrower piece of legislation might…

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What's clear is that the pressure on lawmakers isn't going away. Industry voices are getting louder, not quieter.

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