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I joke with clients that if I get a call wrong, I’ll buy them a Bloomberg coffee (free in our pantry). Clients do take me up on the offer, and this week I met with one to discuss my whiff in thinking the Clarity Act — the cryptocurrency regulatory framework bill — would pass the Senate before the August recess.