Bessent Invokes Satoshi to Force Senate Vote on Crypto Clarity Act

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted a lengthy statement on X on July 30, 2026 demanding the Senate vote immediately on the Clarity Act, closing with Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s dismissal, that he had no time to convince those who don’t understand, in what amounted to the most aggressive public pressure campaign from a sitting Treasury Secretary on crypto legislation in recent memory.

The move followed Bessent’s earlier Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing the U.S.

risks forfeiting its role as a global financial leader if Congress fails to act.Bessent argued that Senate Banking and Agriculture Committee staff had spent thousands of hours negotiating bipartisan revisions since the House passed the Clarity Act over a year ago, and that Republicans now have a floor-ready bill awaiting a vote.

His post framed the Democratic holdout not as principled opposition but as political deference to Warren’s bloc, a direct accusation that the delay is manufactured rather than substantive.The op-ed Bessent published through The Hill made the economic case explicitly: the U.S.