The American Securities and Exchange Commission, that bastion of meticulous order, now attempts to tame the wild beast of digital assets. The chair, Atkins – name like a particularly durable shoe – proclaims a “constructive” shift. Constructive, of course, being the favorite euphemism of those who intend to reshape things in their own image. 🙄 He hints at “rulemaking,” as if legislation springs forth fully formed from the minds of benevolent regulators, instead of being hammered into place by lobbyists and compromised principles. They approved one of those multi-crypto ETFs, you see. A symbolic gesture, a tossed bone to the howling dogs, meant to mask the tightening of the leash.