The CLARITY Act is not a temporary proposal, but a market structure bill that has already passed the House and has been advanced in the Senate Banking and Agriculture Committees. The House version clearly assigns the regulatory framework for digital commodity trading, brokerage, and exchanges to be led by the CFTC, while retaining some authority for the SEC, making it the closest version to becoming law in U.S. cryptocurrency legislation.

On the capital front, McCormick's statement is turning "regulatory uncertainty" into "political tradability." Once the countdown to a full Senate vote begins, trading platforms, market makers, custodians, and compliance service providers will adjust their U.S. market strategies in advance, as those who can quickly meet registration, reporting, and anti-money laundering requirements are often the first to benefit once the bill passes.

Historically, every time U.S. cryptocurrency policy moves from ambiguity to clarity, there is a round of "compliance premium" followed by industry reshuffling. Similar debates over the division of authority between the SEC and CFTC have occurred in futures, swaps, and alternative trading systems, and typically, the clearer the regulatory boundaries, the easier it is for institutional capital to enter the market.

Essentially, this is a regulatory change, but it will directly rewrite capital flows. Those defined as "digital commodities" first will find it easier to gain compliant access to the U.S. market; those remaining in regulatory limbo will find it harder to attract mainstream capital.

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The clearer the rules, the more willing funds are to bet.
Regulatory uncertainty itself is a cost.
Assets defined first gain market access first.