In January 2026, the crypto community witnessed a sharp conflict between two industry leaders. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson publicly expressed dissatisfaction with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse's position on the CLARITY Act bill. While Garlinghouse supports the document, believing that 'bad regulation is better than no regulation at all,' Hoskinson calls such an approach a dangerous compromise.
Hoskinson's main claim is that the current version of the bill caters to big banks and Wall Street institutions while limiting the rights of private investors and decentralized protocols. The founder of Cardano believes that supporting an imperfect law just for 'some clarity' is a betrayal of the ideas of crypto-punk and decentralization. In his opinion, the US administration has politicized the industry, and the launch of government memecoins (Trump Coin) has finally destroyed bipartisan support for systemic reforms.
Hoskinson even called for the resignation of the White House's 'crypto czar' David Sachs if the law is not passed in proper form this quarter. This public split highlights the deep crisis of strategies in the US: Ripple chooses pragmatism, while Cardano insists on maintaining fundamental principles of freedom and blockchain neutrality.
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