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CLARITY uncertainty puts a heavier policy discount on COIN and CRCL than BTC. On July 21, ethics progress coincided with ~3% in $BTC vs about 9% in COIN, CRCL and a DeFi index. Nasdaq strength, an Asian chip rally and a fifth straight day of spot $BTC -ETF inflows leave causality mixed, but the sensitivity gap is useful. Coinbase shows the mechanism: Q1 stablecoin revenue was $305m, about 23% of net revenue, with $113m in USDC rewards expense. Section 10404 governs customer USDC rewards. That policy risk should hit stablecoin-linked equities and DeFi harder than $BTC .