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Under the CLARITY Act, lockup periods for venture capitalists and founders investing in crypto tokens would increase significantly compared to the current unregulated environment.
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Hackett surfaces the final major objection: that the bill would create a loophole where companies tokenize assets to escape securities law entirely. Chris Dixon walks through the mechanics of the bill's actual framework. Tokenizing a stock keeps it a security regulated by the SEC — full stop. The only differentiation is for native crypto tokens: when a new blockchain token launches, it's centralized (someone controls it, has inside information), and the Clarity Act subjects it to SEC oversight. Over time, if the token decentralizes enough — like Bitcoin or Ethereum today, where no single actor has control or inside information — it transitions to CFTC oversight as a commodity, regulated under commodity laws that prevent cornering markets and other manipulation. Critically, this bipartite framework isn't new: even the prior administration's SEC had acknowledged that Bitcoin and Ethereum were sufficiently decentralized to be regulated as commodities. Court cases from both parties over a decade have implied this same structure. The Clarity Act simply hard-codes what has already been implicit consensus — so entrepreneurs and investors don't have to go to court to find out where they stand. Dixon adds a note of self-interest disclosure: the bill will actually increase a16z's lockup periods significantly, because tokens must meet decentralization thresholds before the restrictions lift — which is exactly how it should work.
The CLARITY Act doesn't exempt tokens from securities law — it creates a spectrum. New, centralized tokens are regulated by the SEC. When a token decentralizes enough — like Bitcoin or Ethereum today — it transitions to CFTC oversight as a commodity. Every token has a federal regulator at every point.
The prior administration didn't regulate crypto — it prosecuted it, while offshore operators ran free. Marc Andreessen names this governing philosophy: anarcho-tyranny. Regulate the law-abiding to death while letting the rule-breakers go nuts. It's the worst of both worlds.
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