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The cryptocurrency industry has been criticized for its stubbornness in the face of the Senate’s cryptocurrency market structure bill. Patrick Wittexecutive director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Digital Assets.
“’No bill is better than a bad bill,’” Witt said Wednesday on X, referring to recent remarks from the Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO. Brian Armstrong. “What a privilege to be able to say these words thanks to President Trump’s victory and the pro-crypto administration he has assembled.”
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Armstrong announced on January 14 Coinbase’s decision to withdraw its support for the Senate’s cryptocurrency market structure bill, citing concerns over provisions relating to tokenized stocks, decentralized finance and stablecoin rewards.
However, Coinbase is not the only cryptocurrency company that has opposed the bill. Galaxy Digital (NASDAQ: GLXY) reportedly called it “the largest expansion of financial supervisory authorities since the USA PATRIOT Act.”
However, Witt warned on January 21 that there would eventually be a bill on the structure of the cryptocurrency market.
“It’s a question of when, not if,” he said. “To think that a multi-billion dollar industry will continue to operate indefinitely without a comprehensive regulatory framework is pure fantasy.”
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Witt urged the industry to seek compromise with the current pro-cryptocurrency administration, warning that provisions could be much worse under another administration.
“You may not like every part of the CLARITY Act, but I can guarantee you will hate a future (Democratic) version even more,” he said. “Let’s continue working to improve the product, recognizing that compromises will have to be made to get 60 votes in the Senate, but let’s not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”
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Following Coinbase’s decision to withdraw its support for the bill, the Senate Banking Committee indefinitely postponed an increase originally scheduled for January 15. The committee is expected to focus on housing and is unlikely to return to the cryptocurrency bill for weeks, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Meanwhile, the Senate Agriculture Committee is expected to make its scheduled increase Tuesday. The committee’s version of the bill, which focuses more on commodities rules, does not address many of the polarizing issues of the Senate Banking Committee’s version, which focuses more on the securities side.
However, no matter what happens in the Senate Agriculture Committee, both committees must approve before the bill can move forward.
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