Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon publicly backed the CLARITY Act on July 23, splitting from fellow banking titans who have lined up against the crypto market structure bill's stablecoin provisions.
"The CLARITY Act, like all legislation, is not perfect. And there are lots of things that you could debate and argue about," Solomon told Politico. "But I think one of the most important things that it does is that it creates a level playing field to enhance market stability and allow these markets to develop appropriately." He added that he wants the bill to move forward so the industry can get market structure in place and push innovation along.
Dimon on the other side
The sharpest voice against the bill belongs to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Speaking to Fox Business in May, Dimon said the legislation lets crypto firms effectively pay interest on deposits through stablecoins without the same regulatory guardrails banks face. "The banks will not accept it that way," he said flatly, warning the arrangement would "eventually blow up." JPMorgan also published a June blog post arguing that crypto legislation should close regulatory gaps, not open new ones, framing yield-bearing stablecoins as a competitive threat to traditional deposit-taking institutions.
Republican senators were circulating updated bill text this week ahead of a possible Senate floor vote as early as next week. The timing matters: the digital-asset industry has waited years for a clear federal framework, and the back-and-forth over stablecoin rules is one of the last major sticking points. With stablecoins already reshaping payments and major exchanges running large stablecoin reward campaigns, the stakes for how the final text reads are real for both banks and crypto firms.
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