MAPPED BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, TWO WEEKS BEFORE A 60-VOTE SENATE SHOWDOWN — THE CRYPTO LOBBY WEIGHTED ITS POLL BY PARTY AND PUBLISHED EVERY BREAKDOWN EXCEPT THAT ONE — BITCOIN’S CLASSIFICATION WASN’T GRANTED BY CONGRESS

The National Cryptocurrency Association mapped 67 million American crypto holders across all 435 congressional districts. Not by city, not by metro area — by district, a unit with no research purpose and one lobbying purpose. Its president is Stuart Alderoty, who is also Ripple’s chief legal officer. Read the calendar. The report landed May 13, the day before the Senate Banking Committee advanced the CLARITY Act. Majority Leader John Thune filed the motion to proceed on August 8. The district maps went up sixteen days after that. The floor vote comes in mid-September and needs 60 votes, which means at least ten Senate Democrats. Now read the poll. Harris surveyed 10,000 people who already hold crypto, then reported that one in four American adults owns it. Pew ran a general-population panel weeks earlier and found one in five — roughly 16 million fewer people. Harris weighted its sample by political party affiliation, published the breakdowns for gender, age, income and region, and left party out. Alderoty said holders span “political party lines.” Pew found Republicans at 22% and Democrats at 17%, the first partisan gap it has ever recorded. The one number they withheld is the number the ten votes turn on. If your bill dies without Democrats, the most useful thing you can tell a Democrat is that their voters own this too. Bitcoin needs none of it. The securities question requires an issuer to point at, a company making promises, a person to sue. Bitcoin has nobody. Its classification wasn’t granted by Congress. Everything else needs a poll drawn on congressional maps.