Senate Dems should accept the victory they won on Trump’s crypto limits: White House U.S.
Senate Democrats got President Donald Trump to accept potential limits on his lucrative crypto dealings, but they say the Clarity Act’s restrictions aren’t enough. – With each passing hour, the crypto Clarity Act becomes harder to pass in 2026, and the section that imposes personal crypto limits on senior government officials remains at the center of debate. – The ethics section — revealed for the first time when a final working draft of Clarity circulated this week — is an unprecedented constraint on a sitting president, but Democrats vigorously oppose how it would be enforced and its temporary nature
U.S. Senate Democrats negotiating the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act had demanded a section that would apply unprecedented constraints on President Donald Trump’s crypto business interests. Trump surprised many by agreeing to certain limits, but the resulting effort revealed this week has been criticized by Democrats as overly flimsy.
Weak or not, the president’s concessions would allow the law to tell him what he can’t do in the crypto industry, effectively acknowledging that limiting his multi-billion-dollar business is an appropriate ethics measure. Republicans and the White House are reeling to see that concession rebuffed. It’s “exactly what the Democrats have asked for,” White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt told CoinDesk.