Scaramucci Buries the CLARITY Act: Meme Coins, Greenland, and a $200B War Are the Perfect Storm

Anthony Scaramucci is serving up a cold dose of reality — the CLARITY Act is dead on arrival, and he predicts more chop ahead for crypto through the rest of this administration. The former White House communications director, who lasted just 11 days in Trump's first term before getting shown the door like a bad date who forgot their wallet, says his firsthand experience inside the West Wing gives him a clear view of what's coming. «I was in violent disagreement with the President about certain things. He doesn't like listening to people. He likes them listening to him. It's a big problem in the current war,» Scaramucci told BeInCrypto. Apparently, asking nicely for regulatory clarity while bombs drop on Tehran isn't the flex administration officials thought it was.

Three Reasons Why the CLARITY Act Is Dead on Arrival

Scaramucci laid out a three-layer argument for why crypto legislation is paralyzed. His bearish regulatory outlook arrives as Bitcoin trades near $66,000, down over 45% from its October 2025 all-time high above $126,000. For those keeping score at home, that's roughly the same feeling as watching your portfolio go from life-changing money to "maybe I can still pay rent" money. First, Trump launching meme coins before his inauguration and pocketing an estimated $600 to $700 million created massive political resistance. Even Democrats who were sympathetic to crypto are now unwilling to hand the President a legislative win. Scaramucci described the meme coin windfall as leaving a «big sour taste» among Trump's adversaries in Congress. «I don't see anybody that is against the President that's going to allow him to have a win in cryptocurrency policy right now.» Nothing brings bipartisan unity quite like watching someone cash out $700M before even taking office — it's the political equivalent of rugging the entire legislative agenda.

Second, Trump's territorial posturing toward Greenland threatened a NATO ally's sovereign territory and alienated lawmakers who might otherwise have supported bipartisan regulation. Because nothing says "let's work together on sensible digital asset policy" quite like eyeballing Denmark's real estate like a degen eyeing a new ponzi. Third, the U.S. military campaign in Iran is consuming all the political bandwidth. Scaramucci pointed to a $200 billion defense spending request as evidence. He noted the conflict was launched unilaterally without Congressional notification. Apparently, when you're busy dropping $200B on regime change, finding 60 votes for a crypto bill slides right down the priority list like a failed transaction during network congestion.

60 Votes Look Nearly Impossible

Scaramucci stated plainly that gathering 60 Senate votes to clear the filibuster is nearly impossible in the current political environment. The CLARITY Act passed the House in July 2025 with a bipartisan 294-to-134 vote, but the Senate version remains stuck over stablecoin yield disputes and broader political friction. He warned that missing the window before the November 2026 midterms could shelve meaningful