--- title: "Michael Saylor Says CLARITY Act Will Unlock STRC 'Adoption,' But Prediction Markets Aren't Buying It" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286127847.md" description: "Michael Saylor claims the Senate's CLARITY Act will enhance adoption of Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and its STRC stock, despite Polymarket odds dropping to 59%. The Act allows rewards tied to user activity while banning passive interest on stablecoin balances. Critics like Peter Schiff label STRC's yield as a Ponzi scheme. The Polymarket contract for a 2026 signing fluctuated, peaking at 79% before falling back. The Senate Banking Committee is set to vote on the bill Thursday, with potential benefits for Coinbase and Circle." datetime: "2026-05-12T15:40:15.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/286127847.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286127847.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/286127847.md) --- # Michael Saylor Says CLARITY Act Will Unlock STRC 'Adoption,' But Prediction Markets Aren't Buying It **Michael Saylor** on Tuesday said the Senate’s freshly released CLARITY Act draft will unlock “broader adoption” of **Strategy** (NASDAQ:MSTR) and a framework for STRC-powered digital yield markets. Senate Banking Chairman **Tim Scott** (R-SC), Senator **Cynthia Lummis** (R-Wyo.), and Senator **Thom Tillis** (R-SC) dropped the 309-page substitute text ahead of Thursday’s committee markup, the procedural stage where senators debate, amend, and vote on a bill before it heads to the floor. ## The Yield Carve-Out The draft bans bank-style passive interest on simple stablecoin balances but allows rewards tied to user activity, including staking, liquidity provision, and loyalty programs. That carve-out is what Saylor is reading as a green light for Strategy’s 11.5% **Stretch** (NASDAQ:STRC) preferred stock. Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer has called STRC the backbone of an emerging ecosystem of yield-backed stablecoin protocols. Not everyone is buying it. **Peter Schiff** has called STRC’s 11.5% yield “the most obvious Ponzi that has ever existed,” a critique that gets louder if activity-based rewards flood the market. ## What The Traders See The Polymarket contract on a 2026 CLARITY Act signing has been quite volatile. Three weeks ago, it traded at 46%; once the Thursday markup hit the calendar, odds spiked to 79%. Five banking trade groups, including the American Bankers Association and Bank Policy Institute, then rejected the Tillis-Alsobrooks stablecoin compromise, knocking the contract back to 62% by Monday and to 59% today despite Saylor’s post. White House digital assets adviser **Patrick Witt** is targeting July 4 for President Donald Trump to sign the bill. The remaining sticking point is a crypto ethics provision Senate Democrats are demanding in exchange for the seven crossover votes needed to clear a filibuster. **Coinbase Global** (NASDAQ:COIN) and **Circle Internet Group** (NYSE:CRCL) also stand to benefit from yield clarity. Circle rallied 20% on the May 4 compromise reveal. The Senate Banking Committee votes on the bill Thursday at 10:30 AM ET. _Image: Shutterstock_ ### Related Stocks - [STRC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/STRC.US.md) - [MSTR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSTR.US.md) - [STRK.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/STRK.US.md) - [MSTW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSTW.US.md) - [MSTP.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSTP.US.md) - [MSTU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSTU.US.md) - [MSTX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSTX.US.md) - [SMST.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SMST.US.md) - [COIN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COIN.US.md) - [CRCL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CRCL.US.md) - [STRF.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/STRF.US.md) - [STRD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/STRD.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [The financial boundaries of Strategies' increased BTC holdings: Can STRC continue to drive growth?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286196820.md) - [Trump family trust traded crypto stocks during policy push](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286588654.md) - [Node-ipc supply chain attack targets crypto devs](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286626888.md) - [Bank of England backs tokenization push as UK crypto rules take shape](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287087927.md) - [This bitcoin price engine just turned back on](https://longbridge.com/en/news/285977397.md)