#CryptoClarityAct After nearly two decades of regulatory uncertainty, digital assets stand at a critical juncture in American financial law. On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed the “Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US #Stablecoins Act,” known as the GENIUS Act, into law, establishing a federal regulatory framework for stablecoins.[1]Two day earlier, the passage of the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act by the House of Representatives represented the first serious congressional attempt to establish comprehensive regulatory frameworks for this chaotic digital landscape.[2] Yet while these legislative efforts acknowledge cryptocurrency’s growing influence, the CLARITY Act falls short of offering the nuanced classification system necessary to distinguish between legitimate digital infrastructure and speculative excess.

I propose that economist Hyman Minsky’s financial stability hypothesis offers a more sophisticated framework for digital asset regulation than the binary securities-commodities classification contemplated by current legislation. By analyzing digital assets through their cash-flow characteristics and systemic-risk profiles rather than their technological features or promotional language, regulators can craft more effective oversight mechanisms that protect investors while preserving legitimate innovation.