Markup For The Clarity Act is Coming In January: David Sacks

Key Highlights

• David Sacks has confirmed that markup for the CLARITY Act will come in January
• He confirmed the news with Senator Tim Scott and Senator John Boozman that after the latest report on the CLARITY Act delay
• Ahead of the decision, many institutional investors have started making moves by considering its impact on the cryptocurrency market

White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks, David Sacks shared a post on X  (formerly Twitter), where he confirmed the much-awaited timeline for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act). 

In his Tweet, David Sacks revealed that he got confirmation from Senator Tim Scott and Senator John Boozman that a markup for Clarity is coming in January. 

“Thanks to their leadership, as well as @RepFrenchHill and @CongressmanGT in the House, we are closer than ever to passing the landmark crypto market structure legislation that President Trump has called for. We look forward to finishing the job in January,” stated in the post on X. 

This statement comes after outrage in the cryptocurrency community over delays in late 2025. The House of Representatives had already passed its version of the bill with strong bipartisan support back in July. However, Senate progress slowed down, which now shifted its final node into the new year. 

What is the CLARITY Act and Market Structure Legislation?

The CLARITY Act is expected to end the year of ambiguity by creating a clear legal line between the U.S.’s two major financial regulators. Its main purpose is to clarify whether a digital asset is a security, regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or a Commodity, which will be regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

The bill will also make it mandatory for digital commodity exchanges, brokers, and dealers to register with the CFTC and follow the strict rules to protect customers and monitor trading. It provides a clear road for companies to operate provisionally while new rules are written and includes some exemptions for decentralized finance projects. 

Institutional Investors Are Already Making Moves 

While lawmakers are still discussing this bill, many investors are already preparing for the law’s impact on the cryptocurrency market. Prominent television personality and investor Kevin O’ Leary revealed that he has sold nearly all of his cryptocurrency holdings except for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), which captures over 97% of the crypto market’s historical gains. 

O’Leary believes that the CLARITY Act will be a major turning point for the cryptocurrency industry that brings “meaningful capital” from large institutions like pension funds into the market. He affirmed that these conservative investors will only be interested in the most liquid and compliant assets, which he sees as Bitcoin and Ethereum. 

“When large institutions run the data, they’re going to arrive at the same conclusion we did, you capture the overwhelming majority of crypto’s long-term returns with Bitcoin and Ethereum. There’s no incentive for them to hold anything else,” He said.

The January markup is a major regulatory procedure for the cryptocurrency sector. During the session, senators from the Banking and Agriculture committees will review, amend, and vote on the final draft of the bill. It will require a full vote in the Senate, where it would need 60 votes to pass before returning to the House for final approval. 

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