المجموعات المعادية لـDeFi تروج إعلانات في الولايات المتحدة للضغط على التشريعات، وتصاعد الجدل حول تنظيم العملات المستقرة

【Block Rhythm】The regulatory landscape for cryptocurrencies in the United States has recently stirred up some waves. On January 10th, an organization called “Investors For Transparency” placed an advertisement on Fox News, directly calling on the public to pressure their state senators to push for cryptocurrency market structure legislation, with the caveat that it cannot include DeFi-related provisions.

Based on screenshots shared by crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, the wording of this advertisement is quite interesting — “Tell your senator: pass crypto legislation without DeFi provisions,” and conveniently included a hotline number for the public to directly contact their senators’ offices. Another line in the advertisement was even more blunt: “Don’t let DeFi impede innovation.”

The underlying logic actually reflects the core concerns of traditional finance circles. This time, the focus is on the CLARITY Act (Clarity Act). What banking lobbying groups worry about is that if this bill passes, stablecoin issuers may be allowed to offer interest-bearing products, which would look just like bank deposits and pose a direct threat to the traditional banking system. The U.S. Treasury Department calculated this in their April assessment this year — if stablecoins are widely adopted, the traditional banking system could lose as much as 6.6 trillion dollars in deposits. That figure is indeed scary enough.

The timing is also quite sensitive. At the same time as the advertisement launch, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee has already announced its schedule, and on Thursday this week (January 15th) at 10 a.m. Eastern Time, the committee will conduct revision proceedings on the CLARITY Act. This makes the entire event feel more urgent.

The Web3 community reacted fiercely to this. Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams directly opened fire: this organization opposes DeFi on one hand while remaining silent about its own members and funding sources on the other, a practice that is “both ironic and unsurprising.” The implication is very clear — everyone knows who is backing this movement behind the scenes.