CLARITY Act Delayed: What It Means for Markets

With the CLARITY Act pushed to September and $130 million drained in the Coldcard exploit, Crypto Market Analyst Ray Salmond joins Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook to unpack Fed rate odds, Bitcoin’s four-year cycle, and the key metrics to watch ahead of a potential CLARITY Act vote. Plus, in today’s Brand New Rails, we explore how Dinari is bringing U.S. stocks on-chain. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Ray Salmond Joins Markets Outlook 00:55 - Jobs Report and the Fed 01:58 - Bitcoin's Ceiling and the CLARITY Act Delay 02:26 - Why CLARITY Stalled: Banks, Stablecoins, and the Trump Cloud 04:32 - How Crypto Markets Will Front-Run the CLARITY Vote 06:39 - Brand New Rails: Dinari Brings US Stocks On-Chain 09:26 - Bitcoin's Four-Year Cycle: Still Intact? 12:26 - The Coldcard Hack: An Ideological Blow to Self-Custody 15:06 - Beyond Bitcoin: RWA, Prediction Markets, and the Altcoin Reality - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, backed by real-world assets. RealFi is launching August 2026. Join the Testnet now at realfi.co. - #digitalfinance #finance #bitcoin Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoinDesk?sub_confirmation=1 CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coindesk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coindesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDesk Newsletters: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletters CoinDesk Podcast Network: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jyIhkvAQhed8AWDZiPpSP Public Keys: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rqYzRV10nfKfoTpFXZhTE Markets Daily Crypto Roundup: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sDXM8BlxsUqzL2IqmLqwE The Policy Protocol: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Fh8ffulAWcCqMu0uVuwoj