In the overlap between public trust and private interest, Kevin Hassett — the White House's chief economic advisor — held between one and five million dollars in Coinbase shares throughout 2025, even as his office shaped the most significant overhaul of federal cryptocurrency policy in American history. He claims recusal from crypto matters, yet the breadth and sincerity of that recusal remain unverified, raising a question as old as governance itself: can a person meaningfully step aside from the center of their own responsibilities? The story is less about one man's portfolio than about the