Trump crypto advisor says Clarity Act ‘full steam ahead’ despite gov shutdown – DL News
- Market structure legislation in making progress, according to a White House official.
- The government shutdown has both hampered and helped negotiations.
- The legislation had stalled in the Senate after it passed the House in July.
Major crypto legislation is “full steam ahead” despite a government shutdown, a White House crypto official said on Wednesday.
“From our office, I haven’t noticed hardly any difference,” Patrick Witt, executive director of President Donald Trump’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, said at Ripple’s Swell conference in New York City.
He was referring to negotiations over the Clarity Act, a market structure bill that passed the House over the summer only to stall in the Senate.
“We’re at it…



