Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan Calls CLARITY Act Failure a Speed Bump, Not a Roadblock

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has reversed his own warning. In January, he said a CLARITY Act failure could stall the 2026 crypto bull run, a call that kept markets fixed on the Senate calendar. But in a 16 September client memo, one day after the Senate’s 49–50 cloture miss, Hougan called the defeat