President Donald Trump urged Congress to move on the Clarity Act during a White House crypto event, according to CoinDesk. Techmeme’s summary of Bloomberg similarly reported that Trump pressed lawmakers to pass the digital asset market structure bill at a White House event with executives including the CEOs of Coinbase and Robinhood. The reports put the bill back at the center of the U.S. crypto policy debate. Bloomberg, via Techmeme, said the Clarity Act has stalled in the Senate. CoinDesk reported that the White House meeting came ahead of this week’s first Innovation Advisory Committee at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The policy signal coincided with a move in listed crypto-linked equities. CoinDesk reported that Coinbase and Bullish rose about 8%, while Circle gained nearly 10%, as proponents expressed optimism about the bill ahead of a key procedural vote scheduled for Sept. 15. The coalition around the bill is not confined to crypto-native companies. In a CoinDesk opinion piece, American Bankers Association president and CEO Rob Nichols argued that the ABA wants to strengthen the Clarity Act, not kill it. That piece is advocacy, but it indicates that traditional finance is trying to shape the market-structure framework rather than simply oppose it. The market question is whether optimism around U.S. crypto rules is already reflected in prices. CoinDesk separately reported a debate over whether the Clarity Act is priced into bitcoin’s rally, citing OKX Europe CEO Erald Ghoos as saying U.S. crypto rules could give the market new life amid a rotation of capital from AI back to bitcoin. For now, the strongest confirmed fact is the political push: the president is pressing Congress on the bill, and crypto executives were present at the White House event. The trading reaction and Sept. 15 vote timing are material but come from CoinDesk’s market reporting, so they should be treated as important developing details rather than settled across the full source set. Who benefits: Crypto-linked public companies benefited in the immediate market reaction reported by CoinDesk, with Coinbase, Bullish and Circle all rising. Crypto exchanges and stablecoin-related firms would be the most directly exposed to any eventual U.S. market-structure rules, though the provided sources do not specify the bill’s operational details. Who's exposed: Companies whose business models depend on U.S. digital-asset rules remain exposed to Senate timing and bill language. Traditional financial institutions are also engaged, as shown by the American Bankers Association’s push to strengthen the legislation.