Treasury urgency: why a push to fast-track the CLARITY Act is being cast as national security
The rush to legislate around digital assets has always felt part policy debate, part high-stakes poker. A recent headline — “U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Calls on Congress to Fast-Track the CLARITY Act, Framing It as a Matter of “National Security”” — has sharpened that hand, turning what had been technical disagreements into an argument […]
Bhutan’s quiet pivot: selling bitcoin reserves as holdings plunge
Bhutan Continues Selling Off Sovereign Bitcoin Reserves — Holdings Down 70% from 13,000 BTC to Under 4,000 BTC Since October 2024, a headline that reads like a policy pivot and market event rolled into one. What happened: the numbers and the timeline Between October 2024 and the present, the Himalayan kingdom reduced its sovereign bitcoin […]
Crisis at the Strait: diplomacy collapses and naval stakes rise
The headline U.S.-Iran Peace Talks in Islamabad Collapse Without a Deal; Trump Orders U.S. Navy to Join Iran Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would stop any reader in their tracks, and for good reason: it stitches together two developments that, together, could reshape the security and economic calculus of a volatile region. This article […]
A bitcoin toll on the high seas? Iran’s bold proposal for Hormuz payments
The proposal that captured headlines is as simple as it is provocative: Iran Proposes Bitcoin-Only Tolls at the Strait of Hormuz — $1 Per Barrel of Oil Payable Exclusively in BTC. On its face, the idea reads like an attention-getting mashup of geopolitics and crypto — a sovereign power trying to monetize a choke point […]
