Scaramucci Blames Trump’s “Grift” for CLARITY Act Delays, But Says Bitcoin Could Hit $100K

• Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has said Donald Trump’s schemes and threats have caused entrenched political opposition that is hurting crypto markets. 
• He still predicts that Bitcoin could reach $100,000 by the end of 2026, and also urged investors to treat the asset as a long-term investment.

American financier and crypto pundit Anthony Scaramucci said crypto has become “too politicized” for genuine progress on adopting digital assets, but still thinks Bitcoin could hit US$100k by the end of 2026 if the CLARITY Act passes.

When asked this week why the current ‘pro-crypto’ Trump administration isn’t being reflected in crypto price action, Scaramucci blamed the President’s shady crypto ventures and erratic behaviour. 

I do think that the President’s grift on these memcoins slowed down the legislative and the regulatory process.

Anthony Scaramucci

Scaramucci’s comments came during a webinar interview with the founder of the Australian crypto investing education and consulting firm Digital Wealth Group, Sydel Sierra, held on March 4, 2026. 

Scaramucci also cited Trump’s threats to attack Greenland and go against America’s NATO allies as a reason driving a growing political divide on crypto between the Republicans and the Democrats.

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He said the President’s personality, bullying tactics and grifts had triggered political opposition that was stalling legislation, including the crypto market structure bill, due to the Democrats wanting to “use whatever power they have to…prevent him from getting a win.”

“So, if the president says, I’m pro-crypto, and you’re in the Democratic opposition, guess what happens? You could have a reverse effect, where crypto becomes too politicized.” 

“The president’s personality, and some of the things that he’s done on the political scene have hurt the ability for the adoption,” he said.

It’s not as though Scaramucci can’t relate. This is the man who lasted just 11 days as President Trump’s White House Communications Director during his first term, and ultimately revoked his support for Trump because the President had “lost his mind”.  

Despite no love being lost, he said he thought Trump was better for crypto than the alternative. “I’m not in love with Trump…I do think that objectively, they’re better than the Biden people or better than what the Kamala Harris people would have been for crypto.”

Scaramucci said he wanted to see crypto go “post-partisan”, where crypto was looked at as “an asset that should be part of our national balance sheet.”

Scaramucci Remains Optimistic About CLARITY Act and Bitcoin Price

Scaramucci said rising crypto market demand hinged largely on the passing of the CLARITY Act, which he said he’s “optimistic about”. He cited crypto betting marketplace Kalshi’s current odds of the bill passing before 2027 as being at around 70%.

He said that based on Bitcoin’s four-year cycle, it should start moving upwards again from around October 2026.

I do believe that we’re gonna be well through $100,000 by the end of the year.

Anthony Scaramucci

He discussed an alternative point of view that the CLARITY Act’s passing triggers a “super-cycle” and said “frankly, I hope that view is right.”

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Scaramucci said the crypto industry would eventually mature the same way the internet has and that Bitcoin would be a huge beneficiary of those developments. He urged BTC investors to take a long-term perspective.

Do not buy Bitcoin. I repeat, do not buy Bitcoin if your horizon is below 4 years. Because I can show you that no matter where you bought Bitcoin, if you held it for 4 years, you did quite well, you made money.

Anthony Scaramucci

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