Why Chairman Hill Believes Stablecoins Need the Clarity Act to Truly Thrive

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The 2026 D.C. roadmap with House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill. House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill was named one of CoinDesk’s 50 Most Influential People of 2025. In this interview with CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie, he reflects on a landmark year for the U.S. digital asset industry following the historic signing of the GENIUS Act. He also argues that stablecoins cannot succeed without the broader market structure of the Clarity Act, and dives into the committee's investigation into "Operation Chokepoint 2.0." - For more, check out CoinDesk’s 50 Most Influential article on Congressman French Hill: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/12/08/most-influential-rep-french-hill. To see the full list, visit: https://www.coindesk.com/most-influential-2025. - Timecodes: 01:22 - 2025: A Year of Legislative Accomplishments 02:51 - Passing the GENIUS Act and Reversing SEC Policies 04:18 - The Future of Stablecoins in the U.S. Banking System 06:41 - The Importance of the Clarity Act 09:34 - Will Market Structure Pass Before Midterms? 11:35 - Managing Potential Conflicts of Trump’s Family Crypto Businesses 13:46 - Why the CFTC Needs a Bipartisan Bench to Succeed 14:45 - How Congress Built the Case for Crypto Laws 17:06 - Operation Choke Point 2.0: Ending the De-Banking of Crypto - Break the cycle of exploitation. Break down the barriers to truth. Break into the next generation of privacy. Break Free. Free to scroll without being monetized. Free from censorship. Freedom without fear. We deserve more when it comes to privacy. Experience the next generation of blockchain that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with Midnight, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠midnight.network/break-free⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

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0:00.0	I don't believe government's role is to put their thumb on the scale in the regulatory system
0:05.8	using behind the scenes moral suasion, guidance, or manipulating the system to debank industries
0:13.9	that they just don't particularly care for.
0:29.6	Break the cycle of exploitation, break down the barriers to truth, break into the next generation of privacy, break free. Free to scroll without being monetized, free from censorship, freedom without fear.
0:33.6	We deserve more when it comes to privacy.
0:35.6	Experience the next generation of blockchain that is
0:38.4	private and inclusive by design. Break free with midnight, visit midnight.net.net. Network forward slash
0:43.5	break dash free. Hey everyone, you're watching CoinDesk. And I'm Jen Sanassi. Our guest today has been
0:48.9	named one of CoinDesk's most influential people in crypto this year for the work he's done as one of the
0:54.0	leading architects of the nation's emerging digital's done as one of the leading architects of
0:54.9	the nation's emerging digital asset laws. Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee,
0:59.3	French Hill, joins us now. Good morning. Jen, it's great to be with you. Happy holidays to you and all
1:05.6	your viewers and listeners. It's great to be with you. Well, happy holidays. We are sitting here in
1:10.4	December and what a wild ride it's been for the industry this year. Before we get into the details,
1:15.1	just take a moment to reflect on 2025 for me and the accomplishments you were able to make
1:21.1	over on the Hill. Well, it was such an amazing start to the year. It was exactly a year ago that
1:26.6	I was elected by the Republicans
1:28.3	in the House to serve as 119th Congresses, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee,
1:34.7	and my friend Tim Scott was selected to do that for the United States Senate. So we met really
1:40.3	just around the December and January timeframe with an idea of how could we prioritize
1:46.0	moving clear, badly needed legislation to support innovation in this country promptly through the
1:53.7	House. And I told Tim at that time, I believe that we can get both a stable coin legislation
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