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Congress might stall. Coinbase won’t.
Coinbase’s CFO says the company has a backup plan if the Clarity Act dies in Congress. Translation: the exchange is still playing offense, but it’s not pretending Washington is predictable.
Why this matters
For Coinbase, crypto regulation isn’t some background noise — it’s the whole playlist. A friendlier rulebook could unlock more activity, more institutional comfort, and maybe fewer regulatory potholes. A failure in Congress, though, keeps the company in the same old maze of patchwork rules and legal uncertainty.
The investor angle
That means you should think of Coinbase less like a pure trading platform and more like a company whose fate is partly tied to Capitol Hill drama. If the Clarity Act advances, great. If it doesn’t, Coinbase is signaling it has alternate routes to keep pushing the business forward.
Big picture: in crypto, the product may be digital, but the headache is still very analog.