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The CLARITY Act Is Stalling Because Nobody Wants to Write the Conflict-of-Interest Spec

The CLARITY Act keeps missing its Senate markup deadline because nobody wants to write the conflict-of-interest rules. A $1 billion presidential crypto portfolio is not a footnote to this debate. It is the bug that broke the build.

By Devon Reyes · 3 min read

Tech & AI

Bitcoin's Safe Haven Pitch Breaks Under Pressure

Bitcoin dropped when Iran tensions spiked. Gold didn't. After a decade of "digital gold" positioning, the April stress test gave us actual data instead of narrative, and the results favor the skeptics.

By Devon Reyes · 3 min read

Finance

Stop Treating 2026 Like 2022 With Better Plumbing

Bitcoin fell 44% from its October 2025 peak, and the dip-buying crowd is treating it like 2022 again. The structure is genuinely different this cycle. But macro risk, not crypto fundamentals, is what kills the thesis now.

By Ray Vega · 3 min read

Finance

Bitcoin's Institutional Safety Net Has a Trapdoor

Bitcoin has fallen roughly 50% from its October 2025 all-time high, and the consensus says institutional ETF demand will catch it. But the same institutions posting record outflows are the ones predicting $175,000 by year-end. Their forecasts and their behavior do not match, and that gap is where the real risk lives.

By Ray Vega · 4 min read