The average Bitcoin retail investor who recently discovered crypto might never have considered a stablecoin that pays yield on an idle balance. That fight,...

The average Bitcoin retail investor who recently discovered crypto might never have considered a stablecoin that pays yield on an idle balance. That fight, buried inside Senate negotiations over the CLARITY Act, is about to matter to them anyway.Politico reported this week that senators and White House advisers have reached an agreement in principle on stablecoin-yield language, which was the main reason why the bill had stalled.The reported agreement moves CLARITY from frozen to potentially alive again, which connects directly to Bitcoin's institutional demand story.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent framed the same point for a mainstream audience when he told CNBC in February that CLARITY would give “great comfort to the market.”Grayscale's 2026 outlook went further,...

The average Bitcoin retail investor who recently discovered crypto might never have considered a stablecoin that pays yield on an idle balance. That fight, buried inside Senate negotiations over the CLARITY Act, is about to matter to them anyway.Politico reported this week that senators and White House advisers have reached an agreement in principle on stablecoin-yield language, which was the main reason why the bill had stalled.The reported agreement moves CLARITY from frozen to potentially alive again, which connects directly to Bitcoin's institutional demand story.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent framed the same point for a mainstream audience when he told CNBC in February that CLARITY would give “great comfort to the market.”Grayscale's 2026 outlook went further,...