Will Grayscale’s Crypto Pickers Stumble? The CLARITY Act’s Surprising Winners Revealed

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Grayscale, ever the glittering gatekeeper of institutional coinage, has chosen its four blockchains best salted for the forthcoming tide of regulated liquidity thanks to the CLARITY Act. Expect a fanfare of Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain and Canton Network to lead the parade.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act escaped a 15‑9 hurdle in the Senate Banking Committee on 14 May, splitting stewardship between the SEC and CFTC and marching now toward the full Senate. Parliamentarians, in their usual flourish, have all agreed, or at least voted, that this will be the beacon that finally tames crypto’s wild frontier.

Why Grayscale Picked These CLARITY Act Beneficiaries

Ethereum (ETH) takes the biscuit-“the grand design” is its all‑on‑chain prowess, as Grayscale writes in its ivory‑topped press release. BNB Chain and Solana (SOL) waltz in second and third; they’re the polite alternative to ETH when tasteful starchy tokens are demanded.

These three giants also top the charts in stable‑coin issuance and the cumulative value locked in DeFi, a fact Grayscale drags around like a loyal dog.

Beyond the head‑lining trio, Grayscale also tipped Avalanche, Base, Arbitrum, Hyperliquid and Tron-crypto ascendants that will probably benefit from the new regulatory trappings. They’re the other enticing flavors on Grayscale’s tokenisation menu.

All four nominated chains echo Grayscale’s broader tokenisation megatrend-a machete through unregulated valleys-favouring the deeply rooted pyramids of on‑chain finance that already have a gone‑to street‑corner with Wall Street.

“Regulatory clarity is coming, and a rising tide will likely lift digital assets broadly. It’s targeting the chains already leading tokenised assets, stablecoins, and DeFi: $ETH, $SOL, $BNB, and $CC,” Grayscale wrote in a post.

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Canton Network Takes a Different Route

Canton Network (CC) is the palace that dwells apart, a Layer‑1 built for law‑shy‑institutional investors. Its ETF launch handed retail hands exposure, while it now hosts DTCC’s tokenised U.S. Treasury pilot, attracting J.P. Morgan, HSBC, and Visa to its validator franchise.

“Wall Street is already on‑chain. $350B settles daily on Canton, with over $6T in tokenised real‑world assets and institutions like JPMorgan and DTCC building in production,” the network said recently.

The next Senate floor vote will test how quickly capital follows policy-after having leapt over the first hurdle on 14 May. With sixty votes required for final passage, democratic buoyancy will be the decisive chaperone.

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2026-05-23 00:46