Bitcoin’s move back above $70,000 is arriving at a moment when crypto’s policy and payments stories are starting to overlap more visibly. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has again urged Congress to move on the CLARITY Act, arguing that regulatory uncertainty is pushing digital-asset development overseas just as market interest begins to widen again. 

That timing matters because stablecoins are increasingly being discussed less as a side pocket of crypto and more as a serious payments rail with room to scale. Chainalysis said adjusted stablecoin volume reached $28 trillion in 2025 and could climb to $719 trillion by 2035 through…