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What we’ve cooked up for you today…
🏦 Historic moment
🌊 Crypto is inevitable
🤯 The Bitcoin network
💰 And more…
Prices as at 3:55am ET
HISTORIC MOMENT 🏦
BREAKING: Trump signs executive order allowing 401(k) plans to include digital assets
President Trump just lit a fuse under the crypto market.
On Thursday, he signed an executive order that could bring Bitcoin and Ethereum directly into America’s retirement system.
For the first time, 401(k) retirement plans will be able to hold crypto alongside traditional assets like stocks and bonds.
The order directs the Department of Labor and the SEC to rewrite the rules.
That means issuing new guidance, removing old barriers, and giving plan providers a clear framework to add digital assets to their funds.
For millions of Americans, that’s a game-changer.
“If suddenly 5% of 401(k) allocations went to crypto, you could see billions coming into the asset class over the next few years.”
Just take a look at the numbers…
A 1% allocation from U.S. 401(k)s equals roughly $125 billion in fresh capital.
5% pushes that figure over $600 billion - a potential tidal wave of sustained buying pressure.
And this isn’t like one-off institutional buys.
These flows would be automatic and relentless - every payday, a slice of millions of paychecks funnelled into BTC, ETH, and eventually other crypto assets.
Over time, that builds a steady base of demand… and a price floor that’s hard to break.
Ryan Rasmussen, Head of Research at Bitwise, sees it as part of a bigger shift:
“This is another message to investors that crypto’s regulatory awakening is here to stay.”
Bitcoin and Ethereum, both with established ETFs, are the most likely to benefit first.
But Solana could be next if its pending ETF application gets approved, adding another heavyweight to the mix.
In the short term, markets are already reacting.
Bitcoin is trading near $117,300, up about 2% on the news. Whilst Ethereum has climbed nearly 6% to $3,900.
The takeaway?
Crypto isn’t just an asset class anymore - it’s becoming part of America’s retirement plan.
And the inflows from this shift could be historic.
From Italy to a Nasdaq Reservation
How do you follow record-setting success? Get stronger. Take Pacaso. Their real estate co-ownership tech set records in Paris and London in 2024. No surprise. Coldwell Banker says 40% of wealthy Americans plan to buy abroad within a year. So adding 10+ new international destinations, including three in Italy, is big. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.
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CRYPTO IS INEVITABLE 🌊
Markets are currently pricing in an ~80% chance of interest rate cuts in September.
You know what that means - more liquidity… and we get higher crypto prices.
But according to macro expert Raoul Pal?
It doesn’t even matter.
Whether the Fed hikes, pauses, or cuts - all paths lead to the same place:
More liquidity.
Higher asset prices. Crypto up only.
It’s inevitable.
Because here’s the paradox Raoul Pal just nailed:
That’s the game.
Whether they cut, pause, or play tough…
They’ve boxed themselves in.
U.S. debt is too high 💣
Interest payments exploding 📈
Liquidity the only way out 🖨️
That’s why, no matter what they do with interest rates…
All roads eventually lead to more money printing.
More debt. More liquidity.
There’s a reason every fiat currency in history has ended the same way:
Inflated into oblivion.
Bitcoin is the life raft. 🛟
THE BITCOIN NETWORK 🤯
Today we’ll be taking a look at the amount of wallets that hold at least some Bitcoin. (anything greater than 0)
This metric offers a bird’s-eye view of user activity and adoption across the Bitcoin network.
But there’s a slight catch…
One wallet does not equal one user. A user can have many wallets.
What matters here is the trend of the chart.
Increasing number of addresses: increasing adoption levels 📈
Decreasing number of addresses: indicates users are selling their entire balance or consolidating wallets 📉
There are now 53,523,311 wallets holding Bitcoin.
That’s 297,647 new wallets added in just the last two weeks.
Pull back the lens, and it’s even more striking - nearly a million new wallets have been added to the network in 2025 alone.
The takeaway?
Bitcoin adoption is accelerating.
The network is expanding.
And beneath every price swing, one thing is crystal clear:
Conviction is building - and it’s not letting go.
CRACKING CRYPTO 🥜
SEC, Ripple to end legal battle as both parties abandon appeals, leaving XRP ruling intact. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse had previously announced the firm would be dropping its cross-appeal.
$117K Retaken on Thursday. An executive order paving the way for crypto to be included in 401(k) plans is also helping boost prices on Thursday.
$640M SPAC fuels Parataxis Bitcoin buy-up as public BTC treasuries surpass 230. Bitcoin-first SPAC deal sees $31M deployed before merger even finalizes
Ethereum beats Solana in capital inflows: $4K target in sight. ETH gains market dominance over Solana and Bitcoin, with $4,000 breakout and price discovery in focus.
WHAT WE’RE READING 📚
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Because what would the crypto world be without its share of memes?
Trivia Answer: Mila Kunis 🥳
Mila Kunis co-produced the animated series Stoner Cats, sold as NFTs. In 2023, the SEC said it counted as an unregistered securities offering. Even cats aren't safe in Web3. 🐱💨📉
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