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A new poll from Reuters and Ipsos finds that sixty-three percent of Americans believe the Trump family's cryptocurrency profits cross an ethical line. Perhaps more striking, roughly half of Republicans surveyed said the president's personal business interests appear to influence his policy decisions — a finding that adds real political weight to what might otherwise look like abstract financial concerns.
That tension feeds directly into the next story. A Berkeley Law lecturer is making the case that the so-called Clarity Act, long awaited as a framework for crypto regulation, is actually a trap. Hermine Wong argues the industry's hunger for any legislation after years of enforcement chaos is being turned against it, with the bill potentially doing more harm than good to the broader crypto ecosystem.
Meanwhile, on the question of whether Bitcoin itself is entering a new bull run, analysts remain genuinely divided. Some market watchers point to sharp price spikes and forced short liquidations as classic signals of a bottom being found. Others caution that broader macroeconomic risks haven't gone anywhere, and that reading momentum in this market remains as uncertain as ever.
Those are the stories moving the needle today. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
