The much-hyped CLARITY Act hit a brick wall in the Senate, pushing any regulatory framework straight into a September grave while prediction markets danced on its corpse. Sitting on a shaded patio in San José del Cabo with a lukewarm Tecate, the local expat community watched the legislative trainwreck with profound apathy. Let Washington argue about compliance passports and stablecoin credentials; out here, the only decentralized ledger that matters is the chalkboard tab at the beach taquería.