Scaramucci Credits Bessent's Long-End Treasury Move for Bitcoin Rally, Dismisses Clarity Act

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Anthony Scaramucci said on CNBC's Squawk Box on Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Bessent's signal of support for the long end of the curve, not the Clarity Act, is what drove Bitcoin's recent rally. Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, argued that a pledge to step in at the ten- or thirty-year maturities tells investors something about the fiscal and monetary conditions requiring intervention, making a fixed-supply asset more attractive. He set the Clarity Act aside, saying it would have helped tokenization and some layer-one tokens but that Bitcoin stands alone as a digital store of value. Bitcoin traded at $85,732.79 as of 13:42 UTC on September 22, 2026, up 14.37% over one week from $75,584.17 on September 15, but still down 23.32% over one year and 1.20% year to date. Scaramucci also said he sold Bitcoin on September 15 to pay taxes, with proceeds hitting his JPMorgan account in about ten minutes, and attributed part of the recent move to a short squeeze over the past three weeks.

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Scaramucci credits Bessent's support signal for the long end of the Treasury curve, implying fiscal/monetary conditions that make fixed-supply Bitcoin more attractive.

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