
Shutdown: Cryptober Cancelled?
Posted October 01, 2025
Chris Campbell
Hate to admit it.
But James and I were wrong.
We thought the CLARITY Act—the next big bill for crypto—was going to glide through like an olympic figure skater.
And… it WAS.
Seriously—short of aliens touching down on the White House lawn (or, say, the entire government deciding to hit the big red “off” switch)—this thing was locked in.
And then what happens? D.C. rage quits.
So now the CLARITY Act is stuck in the gridlock, along with everything else.
Bad news, right? Not really.
Because crypto is telling us something else entirely.
Cryptober is Still On
October is historically a very bullish month for crypto. This one is setting up to be no different.
See, unlike the government, there’s no off-switch for crypto.
Blocks keep getting mined. Stablecoins keep moving billions. Ethereum keeps verifying transactions.
24/7. No holiday breaks. No empty cubicles. No “gone fishing” screen savers.
Meanwhile, the GENIUS Act—the one that opened up the 4% yield loophole?
That’s already law.
It’s locked in. Banks are scrambling to stuff the genie back into the bottle. Too late.
And while everyone’s distracted, the numbers are getting ridiculous:
Over $300 billion worth of stablecoins are now live on blockchains. That’s more than the entire crypto market cap back in 2020. It’s double the amount from just January.
My prediction: we’ll see half a trillion by Christmas.
And that’s when we’ll see the real fireworks show.
Catalyst After Catalyst After Catalyst
Stablecoins are the on-ramp to everything else. When that number explodes, so does the rest of the market.
But that’s only one part of the story.
It’s the “everything else” that makes me bullish.
Because:
- The SEC just met with the NYSE to put actual securities on-chain.
- SWIFT is OFFICIALLY working with Chainlink and Ethereum developers to rebuild settlement rails.
- Visa is running pilots with USDC and EURC like they’re cash.
So yes, the CLARITY Act is slowed down. But the train hasn’t stopped.
And unlike Congress, crypto doesn’t take naps.
All that is to say…
To call days like this merely ‘bullish’ is like describing a supernova as ‘slightly twinkly.’
Or like saying the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was a mere “mild inconvenience for reptiles.”
Or like calling a hurricane ‘a brisk breeze with an outgoing personality.’
In reality…
Crypto is set to crash the party with the subtlety of a marching band through your living room at 3 a.m.
Meaning, right now is the time to get ready.
So James and I are doing something we NEVER do.
See, while the government shutdown slowed the CLARITY Act…
That only gives us more time to prepare for what’s coming.
Which is why we urge you to check out these 5 coins before midnight tonight.
(NOTE: It was supposed to close down last night, September 30 We’re extending it 24 more hours in light of the shutdown.)
James talks all about them right here at this link.
More on that—and why time’s running out—tomorrow.