The CLARITY Act won’t move markets. It will move people.

Forget short-term price charts – Washington’s digital asset framework is the legal authorization that conservative wealth managers have been waiting for before they can put trillions to work. Summary The CLARITY Act is a legal “permission structure” that allows conservative compliance officers and fiduciaries to safely allocate capital. Decentralized networks like Bitcoin and Litecoin don’t need a law to function; the institutions that want to hold and custody them need one. While Congress stalls before recess, capital and talent are not waiting. They are actively migrating offshore to jurisdictions with clear, actionable rulebooks. Everyone seems to be watching the CLARITY Act for the same thing. From retail traders to institutional giants, people are waiting for the green light that confirms Washington has clarified the market. They are watching the wrong metric. Legislation doesn’t move markets through a single, uniform mechanism. The GENIUS Act has limitations on a single-asset framework for payment stablecoins. CLARITY works at a different layer: a horizontal market-structure bill covering how digital assets are classified, who regulates them, and who is allowed to custody and...