--- title: "Anthony Scaramucci Defends COIN CEO Brian Armstrong After CLARITY Act Stalls: ‘No One Worked Harder’" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/299555631.md" description: "Anthony Scaramucci defended Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong after the CLARITY Act crypto bill stalled in the Senate. Scaramucci criticized partisan politics for the failure, stating Armstrong worked hardest on the compromise. Armstrong disputed reports blaming him and Coinbase, accusing the WSJ of bias and defending his advocacy efforts." datetime: "2026-09-20T08:23:16.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/299555631.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299555631.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/299555631.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Anthony Scaramucci Defends COIN CEO Brian Armstrong After CLARITY Act Stalls: ‘No One Worked Harder’ **SkyBridge Capital** founder **Anthony Scaramucci** is defending **Coinbase Global Inc.** (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO **Brian Armstrong** after the CLARITY Act, a long-awaited crypto regulatory bill, failed to advance in the Senate this week. In a late-night post on X, Scaramucci wrote: “No one worked harder to advance the Clarity Act than @brian\_armstrong.” He called the bill’s collapse “typical Washington nonsense,” arguing that partisan rancor, not policy failure, sank a compromise bill he said “helped all Americans.” He added that the ensuing “blame game” was “total nonsense.” > No one worked harder to advance the Clarity Act than @brian\_armstrong > > Typical Washington nonsense where because of partisan rancor we can’t pass the Clarity Act even though there was compromise and a bill that helped all Americans. Now the blame game starts. Total nonsense. > > — Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) September 20, 2026 ## **A bill years in the making stalls again** Scaramucci’s remarks followed the latest setback for the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, which would create the first federal framework dividing crypto oversight between the **Securities and Exchange Commission** and the **Commodity Futures Trading Commission**. The bill passed the House 294-134 in July 2025 but has repeatedly stalled in the Senate, where it needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster amid disputes over ethics provisions and stablecoin yield rules. That backdrop set the stage for Scaramucci’s defense of Armstrong, who separately pushed back against reporting he said unfairly singled him out. > Here we go again! The WSJ is working on a story blaming Coinbase and me personally for the CLARITY Act not passing. > > The Journal has repeatedly been hostile to CLARITY in its reporting, regurgitating bank lobby talking points, while I’ve spent years pushing for crypto… > > — Brian Armstrong (@brian\_armstrong) September 19, 2026 ## Armstrong disputes narrative Armstrong, in a recent post on X, said The Wall Street Journal was preparing a story blaming him and Coinbase personally for the bill’s failure, accusing the paper of “regurgitating bank lobby talking points” instead of reporting fairly on his years of advocacy for crypto legislation. He said he opposed an early January draft over unresolved issues involving decentralized finance, tokenization, CFTC authority and stablecoin rewards, problems he said were resolved in a revised draft roughly four months later. “The final draft of CLARITY that went to the Senate was great, and I strongly supported it,” Armstrong wrote, adding he would “continue showing up” for crypto customers regardless of the criticism. ## What You Should Know The Senate vote, which failed 49-50, marked a major setback for federal crypto market structure legislation and leaves regulatory jurisdiction over digital assets divided between the SEC and CFTC unresolved heading into the 2026 midterms. **Read Also:Tim Draper On Bitcoin And The Future Of The Financial System: 'After The Automobile, People Still Ride Horses For A While'** ***Disclaimer:*** *This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors.* > Here we go again! The WSJ is working on a story blaming Coinbase and me personally for the CLARITY Act not passing. > > The Journal has repeatedly been hostile to CLARITY in its reporting, regurgitating bank lobby talking points, while I’ve spent years pushing for crypto… > > — Brian Armstrong (@brian\_armstrong) September 19, 2026 *Photo courtesy: Al Teich On Shutterstock.com* ### Related Stocks - [COIN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COIN.US.md) - [CONI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CONI.US.md) - [CONL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CONL.US.md) - [COIW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COIW.US.md) - [FIAT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FIAT.US.md) - [COIG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COIG.US.md) - [CONY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CONY.US.md) - [COIA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COIA.US.md) - [COIO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COIO.US.md) - [CONX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CONX.US.md) - [COYY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COYY.US.md) - [ICOI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ICOI.US.md) - [07711.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07711.HK.md) - [09311.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/09311.HK.md) ## Related News & Research - [IoTeX: Coinbase disables IOTX spot trading as withdrawals stay open - 23 Sep 2026](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299938329.md) - [New York sues Polymarket, says it ran illegal gambling operation](https://longbridge.com/en/news/300047839.md) - [Coinbase CEO Says a 'No' on CLARITY Lets Other Countries 'Lead'](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299086028.md) - [Coinbase reduces fees for many active traders on its Advanced platform](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299206065.md) - [BTIG reiterates Buy rating on Coinbase Global, $240 price target](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299162914.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**