{"id":78800,"date":"2026-04-02T14:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=78800"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:31:34","slug":"coinbase-lawyer-just-revealed-the-truth-about-the-secret-clarity-act-deal-crypto-traders-dont-sleep-on-this-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=78800","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase Lawyer Just Revealed The Truth About The \u201cSecret\u201d CLARITY Act Deal \u2014 Crypto Traders, Don\u2019t Sleep On This Vote \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Coinbase chief legal officer has suggested that negotiators in the Senate are \u201cvery close\u201d to a deal on the CLARITY Act\u2019s most contentious crypto issue.<\/p>\n<h2>Coinbase: \u201cVery Close To A Deal\u201d, Despite Stablecoin Dispute<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s all about the stablecoins. Whether and how exchanges can pay yield on stablecoin balances continues to be the bone of contention for CLARITY\u2019s lawmakers, but according to Paul Grenwal, the long-standing dispute could be resolved as soon as this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Grenwal claimed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/video\/6392347797112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wednesday interview on Fox Business<\/a> that the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is \u201cmoving toward\u201d a markup session in the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. He stressed the need to \u201cfinish the job\u201d with cryptocurrencies that was started after the passage of the GENIUS Act last year.<\/p>\n<p>This could later advance to a full floor vote, once senators finally settle the stablecoin yield dispute and formally put the markup on the calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The Stablecoin Compromise<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that Grenwal\u2019s statement follows months of drama in which Coinbase derailed an earlier Senate markup by withdrawing support over provisions it said would amount to a \u201cde facto ban\u201d on tokenized equities, heavy DeFi restrictions, and a tilt in power toward the SEC. <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/coinbase-dismisses-revised-clarity-act-signals-ongoing-friction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">Bitcoinist covered the story back then.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the SBC moves to markup this month, as Grewal suggests, the bill could see a floor vote and land on President Trump\u2019s desk as early as this year.<\/p>\n<p>Stablecoin rewards have become the pressure point between banks and crypto firms because banks fear deposit flight, while exchanges view yield\u2011bearing stablecoins as core to their business models and user growth.<\/p>\n<p>The emerging compromise consists in no rewards for idle, parked stablecoin balances, but limited yields linked to \u201cactive\u201d use such as spending or on\u2011chain transactions. Some big banks, including JPMorgan\u2019s Jamie Dimon, appear willing to live with such a framework.<\/p>\n<p>A successful compromise would end a year of committee delays and canceled markups, and could finally give exchanges a federal framework instead of \u201cregulation by enforcement\u201d through the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>The Tension Between The Crypto Industry And The Regulators<\/p>\n<p>Even if the bill passes in an agreeable way for both parties, there\u2019s still a big split between the official narrative and what many in crypto fear it will really do.<\/p>\n<p>Regulators and the administration are selling the CLARITY Act as the moment the U.S. finally becomes the global benchmark for digital\u2011asset rules: clear, predictable, and safe. CFTC chairman Michael Selig said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/cftc-chief-says-pending-crypto-bill-make-us-gold-standard-digital-asset-regulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">in another interview with Fox Business this February<\/a> that the pending U.S. crypto market\u2011structure bill would make the United States the \u201cgold standard\u201d for digital\u2011asset regulation.<\/p>\n<p>However, builders and power crypto users continue asking whether that same law quietly locks in a bank and exchange\u2011centric model, with DeFi, tokenized markets, and true self\u2011custody pushed to the margins or offshore. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/legalindustry\/clarity-act-future-digital-asset-market--pracin-2026-03-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">This recent Reuters\u2019 overview of the CLARITY Act<\/a> emphasizes how the legislation will define who regulates which parts of the market and under what licensing regimes, reinforcing concerns that smaller or non\u2011custodial players could be squeezed.<\/p>\n<p>Stablecoin yield surviving in \u201ctransaction\u2011linked\u201d form would support exchange fees and interest income. But if talks collapse, markets may re\u2011price U.S. regulatory risk and rotate liquidity toward offshore venues.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-672737 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSDT_2026-04-02_12-05-33.png?w=980&amp;resize=980%2C592\" alt=\"Bitcoin, BTC, BTCUSDT\" width=\"980\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSDT_2026-04-02_12-05-33.png?w=2770 2770w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSDT_2026-04-02_12-05-33.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSDT_2026-04-02_12-05-33.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSDT_2026-04-02_12-05-33.png?w=980 980w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSDT_2026-04-02_12-05-33.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSDT_2026-04-02_12-05-33.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSDT_2026-04-02_12-05-33.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BTCUSDT_2026-04-02_12-05-33.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSDT chart from Tradingview<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coinbase chief legal officer has suggested that negotiators in the Senate are \u201cvery close\u201d to a deal on the CLARITY Act\u2019s most contentious crypto issue. Coinbase: \u201cVery Close To A Deal\u201d, Despite Stablecoin Dispute It\u2019s all about the stablecoins. Whether and how exchanges can pay yield on stablecoin balances continues to be the bone of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-78800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}