But wait! The plot thickens, as it always does in these tragicomedies. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, with the weary resignation of a man who has seen too many bills die, mutters that the chamber cannot possibly clear both the crypto bill and some college sports nonsense before August recess. “I don’t think we’ll be able to get them done,” he says, as if confessing a sin. And so the industry, that poor, trembling creature waiting for regulatory clarity, must endure yet another season of uncertainty. Oh, the agony! The suspense! It is almost as if the universe itself conspires to torment the speculators.