Bryan

Space enthusiast. Bitcoin maximalist.

[Senator Cynthia Lummis @SenLummis]

I've incorporated hundreds of pages of Democrat priorities in the Clarity Act: 33 Dem-driven edits in Title I alone, 23 new illicit finance sections, 30 more CFTC wins, 3 entirely new titles Dems wanted. That's 100+ compromises — yet still not enough for some.

"Perfect" stopped being principled months ago. Now it's just an excuse not to legislate. We have to pass the Clarity Act NOW.

[CoinMarketCap @CoinMarketCap]

LATEST: 🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis says she is "tired of being played" on the CLARITY Act, telling Crypto In America, "My bipartisan ecumenical enthusiasm has been drained, and it's time to vote."

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: We in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West's managed decline.

[Senator Cynthia Lummis @SenLummis]

Dems finally saying the quiet part out loud: it’s not about protecting consumers from scams or ensuring businesses and jobs stay in America, it’s about hurting Trump by any means necessary — no matter who becomes collateral damage.

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

More than a year ago, the House passed the Clarity Act.

There’s been progress since — thousands of hours of bipartisan negotiations took place at the staff and Member levels. The Senate Committees on Banking and Agriculture advanced their respective titles. And Senate Republicans produced a floor-ready product that, as I type this, is waiting for a vote.

It’s disappointing — but not surprising — that Senate Democrats are choosing politics on the cusp of a major victory for American leadership. Find another instance in history where Congress, when given the choice, opted to push an industry out of the United States rather than smartly regulate it. American Exceptionalism was once a bipartisan goal; if Clarity fails, I have serious doubts.

These same Democrats — many of whom have taken millions of dollars from the crypto industry — proclaim that Clarity lacks safeguards for consumers and falls short in countering illicit finance. Nothing could be further from the truth. Titles II and III materially uplift regulatory and compliance obligations for digital asset intermediaries, placing them on similar footing with traditional financial institutions. The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act — which Washington lobbyists have spun up as a boogeyman for certain groups of prosecutors and law enforcement — does nothing other than codify longstanding Treasury Department policy that’s remained consistent across Administrations: non-custodial builders and developers are not, and have never been, subject to registration obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act. And at this point, major law enforcement trades that once opposed the bill, including the Fraternal Order of Police, have now endorsed it.

The Senate needs to vote NOW on this landmark legislation. The truth is that Senate Democrats are afraid to advance the Clarity Act as they fear Senator Warren and the “Anti-Crypto Army” she once promised to build. In the days ahead, Leader Thune will put this theory to the test. Will Senate Democrats be on the side of American Exceptionalism, or will they opt to cede American leadership of a global industry for fear of the bespectacled squirrel’s Left flank?

America will lead or America won’t. It’s not more complicated than that. I believe Satoshi once said it best:

“If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, I don’t have time to try to convince you, sorry.”

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

U.S. dollar has lost roughly 28–30% of its purchasing power over the past six years, according to inflation data.

[l feII in Dior @LIRIO_AG]

“Ay no, tarjeta gris otra vez”.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Passing of the torch 🤝🏆

[ᜰ @markklfc]

Lamine Yamal on Lionel Messi after Spain’s FIFA World Cup triumph over Argentina.

🗣️ Lamine Yamal: “Tonight I lifted the World Cup for Spain, but I also experienced something I’ll tell my children one day. The man who once held me as a baby was standing on the other side of the pitch, fighting for the same dream. Football has a beautiful way of bringing stories full circle.”

“When I looked at Messi after the final whistle, I didn’t just see an opponent. I saw the player who made millions of kids, including me, believe football could be art. I saw the man whose videos I watched over and over, trying to copy things that nobody else could do.”

“I know this defeat will hurt him. You don’t play with that much passion, carry your country again and again, and lose a World Cup final without feeling pain. Even in defeat, he kept demanding the ball, creating chances and refusing to stop believing. That’s what champions do.”

“People will talk about Spain winning this World Cup, and they should. But they’ll also remember that, at an age when most legends have already retired, Messi was still making the world’s best defenders panic every time he touched the ball. That’s extraordinary.”

“The photo of Messi bathing me became one of football’s most iconic images. Today we took another picture together, but this time I could thank him face to face. Without players like him, kids like me wouldn’t dare dream this big.”

“One day another generation will replace mine too. That’s football. But there will never be another Lionel Messi. Records can be broken and trophies can be won, but inspiring an entire generation to fall in love with the game is something only a few people in history will ever achieve.”

“Tonight belongs to Spain. Tomorrow, the debates will continue. But my respect for Lionel Messi will never change. He didn’t need to win this final to prove who he is. For me, he’ll always be one of the greatest players football has ever seen, and sharing the pitch with him was a privilege I’ll carry for the rest of my life.”

[The War on Beauty @thewaronbeauty]

The past is becoming a foreign language

[America @america]

Newly declassified documents from the Department of Homeland Security show that over 250,000 non-citizens are illegally registered to vote in just the four states for which public data files have been reviewed.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: JD Vance warns the U.S. will end up with a “socialist president” if young Americans remain locked out of homeownership & opportunity.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

This feels like a scene out of a sci-fi movie but it’s just my drive to work this morning

[America @america]

Vice President JD Vance: “A single ballot cast illegally in an American election is in fact the theft of the ballot from another American citizen.”

[Bitcoin Magazine @BitcoinMagazine]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump to meet with senators tomorrow to discuss the Clarity Act's "path to success" 👀

“I’m hoping that we can come up with some agreement by the end of this week” - Sen. Thom Tillis

[Atelier Missor @AtelierMissor_]

We are looking for engineers, welders, and workers ready to follow us to the ends of the Earth and build classical megastructures that defy this age of apathy.

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

BREAKING: A same-sex couple is suing their surrogate for $600K after she refused to abort their baby at 22 weeks in Canada.

Scans indicated the child had a cleft lip and a possible heart defect.

The little boy was born healthy.

That child is alive today not because of the men who purchased his life, but because the woman who carried him in her womb protected him.

Children are not commodities. Ban surrogacy now.

[America @america]

President Trump confirms he will make an announcement regarding Election Security on Thursday: “It’s really big news. Our country has to shape up. It doesn’t get bigger. Without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country.”

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Requiring an ID and proof of citizenship to vote is common sense.

It’s time to pass the SAVE America Act. RT if you agree.