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2072: TRUMP TARGETS $1.5T BITCOIN STACK – 401(k)s & First BTC Bank
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🇺🇸 President Trump signs an Executive Order greenlighting Bitcoin in 401(k)s - opening the $43.4 trillion U.S. retirement system to BTC exposure. Meanwhile, new evidence surfaces exposing a possible gold short squeeze engineered by the U.S....
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Elena
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Will
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JV
Welcome everyone to no. 1 Daily Bitcoin Pod. In today's show, we'll be discussing traders betting on 200,000 bitcoin price prediction before the end of the year, discussing the odds of that happening and all that fun stuff. We'll also be discussing behind the scenes of public companies that are rushing to create crypto treasuries. We see new ones being birthed practically every week. We'll also be discussing Bitcoin Energy value metrics says that the fair Bitcoin price is is right now 167,000 per coin. Also big news. El Salvador teases the launch of the world's first Bitcoin bank, quoting the high priest of bitcoin, Max Kaiser. Nothing stops Bitcoin country. El Salvador aligns itself with mathematically inevitable Bitcoin. This gives superpowers to El Salvador when dealing with global banks and foreign entities that align with outdated political constructs and dying fiat money regimes preach. We'll also be discussing how Trump's 9 trillion dollar executive order can let you add Bitcoin to your retirement plan, which was the big news. We'll also be discussing Trump likely to lead gains from Trump's or Bitcoin likely to lead in the gains From Trump's recent 401k crypto executive order will be breaking down in great detail. Also big news. Trump targets one and a half trillion Bitcoin stack will be discussing and entertaining the idea of a gold short squeeze to strategy. I'll be sharing all this plus so much more in today's show. If you're new to the channel, very important to smash the likes. Give us a follow and hit the repost over on X. We stream each and every day this two hour live stream seven days a week, 365 days out of the year. It's the best bitcoin pot on the planet. If you don't watch it, do you even Bitcoin bro. But anyways, today is pot episode number 2072. I'm your host JV. Happy Friday. It is August 8th, 2025. We have lots to share, lots of bullishness in the market. So let's kick it off with our market watch as we do each and every day. Pulling up coin360 you can see Bitcoin currently trading just above 116,400 barely in the red on the day. Ether had a big breakout. It recaptured $4,000 for the first time in a very long time, up 5% on the day. And even ETH XRP is getting a warm piece of the sidewalk. Up 6% today, trading at 3.30. And the fork of XRP XLM is also a big gainer, up 9%. Trading above 45 cents and checking out coinmarketcamp.com the current crypto market cap coming in strong, it's back on the rise. Today is 3.89 trillion. The all time high is roughly 4 trillion. So we're right on the cusp of recapturing it. We have 182 billion worth of volume for the past 24 hours. Bitcoin market cap today is 2.3 trillion. Dominance for the bitty is 59.6%. Ether dominance 12.6%. Checking out top 100 crypto gainers past 24 hours. Today it's arrow up 23%. We also have Pendle up 15% and Leo Dow up 10%. Let me know which alts if any you're bullish on for the bull. Holl at your boy and checking out the crypto bubbles. Get a visual perspective on the day. It seems like it's that time of the season where the alts are doing its thing. Virtually all the top alts in the green on the day zooming out for the week. Very similar impressive gains across the board. You have coins like chain link up 21%. Uni unis swap up 20% Polygon up 23% Litecoin up 18% Checking out for the monthly very similar as well but even more impressive gainers. So definitely it's been a bull season for the past 12 months which is dope. And checking out the Crypto Greed and fear index today we're 74. Yesterday a 62 and let's check out last week. Last week was 65 and last month was 66. And checking out the infamous time chain calendar with JV and Nip and we have 140,816 blocks into the next having of 2028. Today as of 8-8-2025 we're on block height 99,184 and you can exchange one fiat monopoly DOL 859 SATS. So you should know precisely what you do. You pick up the SATs, put down the gats and pick up some bitcoin caps. Very bullish analysis. At least we're going to entertain with you here today. The headline here reads traders bet on 200,000 by the year end. Now I am still a firm believer that we will hit my bear scenario at leave which is 222,000 ask ring facts you already know but currently the total open interest for call buy options stand at six and a half billion and the put sell options trail at 2.3 billion. This data indicates a clear advantage for the call options to bearish. Traders appear somewhat comfortable with bitcoin remaining below 120,000. I think that's crazy to anticipate us remaining below 120 for the rest of the year. But everyone's entitled to their own you know astrology for the brosis. At the end of the day some call options have strike prices set for 170 or higher and will expire worthless unless bitty gains 46% from the current level. In fact, if bitcoin trades near 116 December 26th, I guess that's the day after Christmas, right? Then only 900 million worth of the call open interest will hold value at their expiry. Professional traders often use highest bullish call options as part of the strategy that don't necessarily depend upon a 70% year end rally. So for example, one such strategy which is coin the call diagonal spread involves buying a 200,000 December call and selling a $200,000 call when the early expiry, typically in October. Now how many of you do these types of trades? Let me know. I'm going to assume most of you guys are just huddlers, not day traders. But it's always interesting to note so let me know and I'll read the comments out loud after the story. This setup profits Most if Bitcoin exceeds 146 by Halloween October 31, causing long dated call to appreciate while the short term call expires worthless. However if the bitcoin price goes above 200,000 it can actually hurt this particular strategy. The maximum potential loss is 0.005 BTC which roughly 600 USD while the maximum gain is roughly 7750 USD for example is the inverse call butterfly. I've never even heard of this terminology. Let me know if you have which consists of buying the 140000 call, selling 260000 calls and buying 1200000 call all with December. Sounds complicated as to me. I mean why don't you just stack the bitties with the diamond nuts like Fed Chairman Nipinator and just huddle be thy name. I'm just saying. But anyways this position profits most of Bitcoin lands near 160 on December 26, netting around 13000 USD in profit. However losses can also occur hence there's always risk in trading. So you do got to note that it can go the opposite way. You anticipate you can end up losing so hence it may be a degen strategy. So keep that in mind. Now 900 million in Bitcoin put options are targeted between 50 to 80,000. I think that is insanity to anticipate Bitcoin between 50 to 80 GS. But hey, bears are going to be bears and typically you got to learn the lesson now. Right now the odds of The Bitcoin price reaching 200000 for this particular year 2025 is higher at only 13. To me that's mind boggling. That means the average investor, trader, analyst or person betting on this particular metric does that we surpass 200,000. But I'm still confident we have less than five months left.
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Elena
Let's analyze this week's tech innovations and startup moves.
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Will
Honestly Elena, I didn't track the updates, but I did switch to T Mobile with their new Family Freedom offer.
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Elena
That's not the disruption we're covering.
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Will
Well, I'm pivoting from AT&T and scaling up with T Mobile. They paid off my family's four phones up to $3200 and gave us four.
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Elena
New phones on the house unicorn status.
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JV
T Mobile but it's the most bullish time of the four year cycle. But you guys got to let me know your thoughts on that and pulling up some of the live charts so we can do some live chart action. Jackson Satisfaction, Bo Jackson, Tony Braxton for the Baddies. Let's do that, shall we? Here's Coinbase via Trading View showing on your screen right here. This is a one hour chart. You know it's very bullish when you have a target above or right on the cusp of 120,000 on the hourly which is in the blue right here. And we are pumping, holding its own. We've been trading sideways a lot this week but we did recover from 111, 112 which was the low on the week. So we're looking pretty good right now. I think we're going to retest the 120 which is a, you know, it's a major psychological resistance just because it's such an even number. But once we break through that, we'll probably retest the current top of123.2 and then we break through the firmament. Price discovery, it's going up forever, Laura. The rest is history. But zooming out, let's get some different looks, different perspectives from some different charts. Checking out a four hour and always be on the lookout for the Nipinator indicator. You just never know when from the Fed Chair dog, of course. But here on the four hour there's no particular targets but the past eight hours have been bullish. There's two green candles printed which is a good sign. Hopefully this momentum continues into the weekend. But you just never know. We could have a corrective weekend. Who knows. Checking out the daily, checking it out here you can see yesterday we had a nice green candle close. We had a nice recovery from that 111, 112 bottom. There's also a rising wedge formation on the daily chart. There is a Barney the purple dinosaur target for a bull flag sitting at 146. 4. And also there's a bear scenario which we Won't even entertain because you mess with the bull, you get the horns. This ain't programming from Jimbo Kramer or Peter Schiffer brains at the end of the day, I mean, so respect. All hail the Nipinator indicator. And checking out the weekly here also we have a green candle forming for the week. We have two days left to finish this out. Last week we had a red corrective candle. There's also a rising wedge with a 124 target. We're not too far far away from right now. Roughly 7, 500 from recapturing that and taking it one step further. Checking out the monthly. Check her out. Let's see if we're still in the green for the month. Yes. How cool is that? So we had four green consecutive monthly closes. In the fifth month we're in right now, it's barely green but we are green. That's great because when we kicked off the month of August it was corrective but we have recovered those losses already and hopefully the bullish momentum will just continue throughout the rest of the year. And Christmas comes around the corner and we're sitting at 300000 per coin. Let's continue. Next up behind the scenes of the public companies that are rushing to create crypto treasuries, which is a big thing we've never seen previous cycles. This is a part of the institutional FOMO like a mofo. So let's break this baby down, shall we? After the infamous freeze frame, of course. So yeah, check this show. Publicly traded companies are increasingly swapping traditional cash reserves for digital assets. Sense and. And they're doing it in ways designed to attract both retail and institution and institutional investors. In the latest Bite Size Insight episode, David Namdar, the CEO of the newly renamed BNB Network Company and Joseph on Arati, CEO of D5 Development Corporation. They say this is a story that hasn't been told well, meaning a lot of people, particularly in the US really haven't seen the growth of the BNB chain or how massive Binance is Globally. BMB Network Company recently announced a 500 million BNB focused treasury vehicle. Interesting. And if you're not familiar with bnb, that's the native token of the banana exchange. Shout out Janet Yellen, constipated Janet Yellen, of course. And the Rays was oversubscribed. He said we ended up with just under 2.3 billion a demand and we are adamant about capping the fundraise. It was overwhelming, humbling and exciting. He said the the model had massive growth potential. Quoting him Here I really think that 100 to 200 billion could flow into the crypto markets through these vehicles. And while his focus he says is on bnb, they also say they built a strategy around Solana. I'm not a fan of this one here personally. You know I'm a bitcoin maxi. But nonetheless this is what they say. Salana is more volatile than bitcoin. Well that's a given. Every altcoin is more volatile than Bitcoin. That's just the nature of it. But the volatility matters he says. He says it operates its own Salana validators, issuing liquid stake and token, allowing investors to earn rewards and use tokens as collateral within their ecosystem. Quoting them here, we can actually put our balance sheet to work. We can run validators, we can earn yield and we can participate in defy. Now regarding pushing adoption boundaries, these types of crypto related investment endeavors are a great alternative avenue towards long term adoption. There's still work to be done. Of course they said that despite the growing institutional narrative, most of their long term investors aren't from traditional finance. Quoting them here, when we talk to the real institutional investors like the Nipinators, we can still get questions like what's validated is staking like mining. Nonetheless, one thing is clear, they both shared crypto treasury companies may position themselves to be a major bridge between traditional capital markets and digital assets. As they said here, it's about creating a mechanism to bring more capital into the crypto space. And I think we are just getting started. Now you let me know your thoughts. One thing is for certain, they're gobbling up so much bitcoin right now. Hence why we have so many of our OGs like Greg in the chat who has been calling for the mother of all supply shocks because there's such a minimal amount of bitcoin available, the least amount of bitcoin available on the exchanges for the past eight years. And we have the most demand we have ever seen coming a lot of it from the institutions. For example, Black Rock has well over 700,000 bitcoin. Micro strategy, now known as Strategy B has over 600,000 Bitcoin. Jack Mahlers just launched. You know, he's the CEO of a new bitcoin treasury company that kicked it off with 43000 Bitcoin. You got Anthony Pompliano, you have David Bailey, Trump's Bitcoin advisor CEO, a bitcoin magazine and you just have all these treasury plays taking place and being birthed. This is the new trend so some are saying we're not going to have alt seasons like we had previously. Now it's treasury companies. You know what I mean? We're going to continue. Next story. Bitcoin Energy Value Metric the fair bitcoin price right now is $167,000 per coin. So let's break this baby down. And next up, we'll be discussing El Salvador, launching the world's first bitcoin bank and why it's such a big deal and how awesome it is. But first, let's entertain this 167,000 per coin. So yeah, bitcoin should trade as much as 167,800 per coin if the price matched the energy value according to a crypto asset manager at Capriole Investments. We're referring to Charles Edwards who calculated the Bitcoin true value 45 higher than the current price action, which is currently sitting above 116, 000. Bitcoin miners hold the key to the hyper bullish bitcoin price prognosis that calls for Bitcoin arrives almost 50%. Bitcoin's energy value metric. And let me know if you've ever heard this term before. It was created by capriole back in 20. He argued that the bitcoin current price or fair value is a function of energy input, supply, growth rate and constant representing of the fiat dollar value of energy. And while this means that bitcoin should be zero if the miners were to stop participating in the network entirely, current record hash rates show that Bitcoin is anything but worthless. Precisely.
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Will
Let's map out this week's amazing destinations and travel tips.
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Elena
Honestly, Will, I didn't plan any trips, but I did switch to T Mobile with their new Family Freedom offer.
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JV
That's not the itinerary we're following.
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Elena
Well, I'm departing from AT&T and embarking on a new journey with T Mobile. They paid off my family's four phones up to $3200 and gave us four new phones on the house.
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JV
Bon voyage.
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JV
Can do this the hash rate just hit a new all time high yesterday and it did the day before. So bitcoin price tends to follow the hash rate. So it's always a good indicator when we're hitting new all time highs with the hash that Bitcoin's about to, you know, break through the firmament which is the current top. Once again now data from on chain analytics platform Glass Node put the current hash rate, which is the combined process housing power dedicated to the network by the miners, currently at 1.031 zeta hashes per second. With the latest all time high which came in according to this article on August 4th. Hash rates are flying and the bitcoin energy value just at 145 000, said Charles Edwards, a Capriole referring to the metrics simple moving average that puts the price at a 31 discount to value. So I remind you right now you can buy bitcoin at a 31% discount to its true value. Bitcoin's energy value reached as much as 167,800. Network fundamentals now contrast considerably with the price which has dipped by 10% since the record peak last month which was the 1232 current top. We are trading at a deeper discount to the value today at 116 then Bitcoin when it was at 10,000 back in September of 2020. How many of you remember those days? 10,000 or sub 10,000 bitty. The golden era. Now many market participants have said that the current Bitcoin bull run is just having months left to go. This gives the bitcoin price precious little time to match the energy value rating. Now I have no doubt my mind will surpass and blow past it, but let me know your insights quoting Capriole here. Consistent energy input represents a balance between supply and demand. Rising market prices incentivize increased energy input via the hash power growth and tech improvements which result in greater energy efficiencies. For this reason great increases in the market price typically result in long term increases in committed energy and therefore increases in the bitcoin energy value. However, when speculation causes skyrocketing prices without a corresponding increase in energy input, the price has historically collapsed back to the energy value. Also, there's the bitcoin hash ribbons metric, which continues to reinforce a healthy outlook for both miners and price performance after its latest buy signal flashed in late July. So ultimately, there's plenty of bullish indicators that are indicating bitcoin should be way higher than the current price action. Which means take advantage of these current prices because before you know it, bitcoin will be above 200, 000 and you'll never see sub 200,000 ever again. Just like when Bitcoin was 50000 and we were talking we're eventually going to hit a hundred thousand, you'll never be back at these price levels again. And here we are. Literally we've already touched 123. Bitcoin can easily enter multiple six figure territory and you may never see these price actions ever again. So but we're going to continue with a bitcoin bank story. Big news coming out of El Salvador. So let's break it down and then we have two more stories after that and then we'll do our Q A as we do each and every day. So the headline here reads el Salvador teases the launch of the world's first bitcoin bank. But first, let's start with this tweet from your high priest Max Kaiser, who wrote this. Nothing stops bitcoin country. El Salvador aligns itself with mathematically inevitable bitcoin. This gives El Salvador superpowers when dealing with global banks and foreign entities that align with outdated political constructs and dying fiat money regimes. And this was off the back of his post here sharing this article. El Salvador to set up bitcoin banks, the first of its kind. So that's right. So let's dive a little deeper right here. On Friday, El Salvador teased the launch of the world's first bitcoin bank on X, raising plenty of questions about the country's next move and it its next high profile embrace of bitcoin. The post made by the nation's office official Bitcoin office, which is run by Max and Stacy just FYI, was short on detail, hinting at an institution that could redefine how bitcoin interacts with the traditional banking system. So yeah, El Salvador was the first to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender via Buchelle back in 2021. And they will be the first to launch the first Bitcoin bank in the world. So you can see they're just not, you know, surviving. They're leading the way with bitcoin adoption. The announcement featured a photo of her proposed bitcoin bank with the caption, bitcoin banks are coming to Bitcoin country. No further details were shared. And I highly encourage all of you watching, make sure you're following the bitcoin office again. The head of the bitcoin office is Stacey Tracy Herbert. So you should be following them for the latest updates of what's going on in El Salvador as far as bitcoin adoption is concerned. I mean, I can't wait. That is awesome. I mean this is long overdue in my humble opinion. The announcement comes amid recent discussions of a proposed bank for private investment, a project first floated in mid-2024 that would allow banking services in both the US dollars and Bitcoin under a lighter regulatory framework work. Amen to that. That proposal, which remains stalled in legislative process. Premise or. Yeah, fewer restrictions on lending and the ability to work freely with. So you can expect products like bitcoin back loans and stuff like that. And whether Friday's teaser is a direct nod to that initiative or the unveiling of a separate venture currently remains unclear. They haven't released a lot of details. Now since adopting Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021, El Salvador Bitcoin country has looked to position itself as the pioneer and it is. It had the first movers advantage. It's leading the way for the Orange movement, if you feel what I'm saying. The country became the first in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. That was pretty much four years ago. Since then, the country has rolled out a government backed Shivo wallet and they're unwinding that, just FYI. And there's other crypto initiatives of course. And while a dedicated Bitcoin bank would mark a single significant escalation of that strategy, strong regulatory push back in the recent years, the IMF makes it an unlikely easy prospect to achieve. But clearly everything is changing in real time with the Trump administration. Now. In January, under pressure from the imf, El Salvador agreed to amend its Bitcoin law in order to secure a critical multi billion dollar aid package. Most notably, it removed the requirement for businesses to accept Bitcoin and dissolve the government back Shivo Wallet, which was central to the Bitcoin initiative. Now here's my understanding because there's been a lot of FUD and misunderstanding, you know, spread especially from the imf. Companies were never forced to have to accept bitcoin. They've always had the option they could accept US Dollars, which is still commonly used in El Salvador, or they can accept bitcoin. So for example, when I went to Bitcoin country and I was expecting exploring the local, you know, town of San Salvador, I went and saw a hundred plus pupusa restaurants. And if you don't know, that's like their local food and it's delicious by the way. Some of them accepted bitcoin, others didn't. So I decided to eat at a pupusa restaurant that did accept bitcoin just so I can get the full experience. But they've always had that option. And I also understand that the Shivo Wallet was not the best test and there's alternative options so they're not forced to use it. It's just the government gave every person in El Salvador free bitcoin and to claim the free bitcoin it was in the Shivo Wallet. So they're not really changing anything. Bukele is still purchasing bitcoin via the Bitcoin office. Virtually every day there's a new bitcoin. So the FUD from the IMF is that El Salvador stopped accumulating bitcoin Bitcoin. So from my understanding, they've never stopped accumulating bitcoin. They took the loan and they're just using it to buy more bitcoin. So that's my personal understanding. And of course a lot of my good friends live in El Salvador. So if you don't know, now you know.
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Elena
Let's analyze this week's tech innovations and startup moves.
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Will
Honestly, Elena, I didn't track the updates, but I did switch to T Mobile with their new Family Freedom offer.
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Elena
That's not the disruption we're covering.
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Will
Well, I'm pivoting from AT&T and scaling up with T Mobile. They paid off my family's four phones up to $3200 and gave us four.
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Elena
New phones on the house Unicorn status.
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JV
Fud and especially if you've never been to the country, you got to experience it for yourself. So my understanding is businesses still have the option if they want to accept bitcoin, you know, I mean, or not. And then customers can choose what they want to do. No one was ever forced. Yeah, I mean to do it. That's my understanding. Anyways, we discussed nothing stops bitcoin country. So now regarding the executive order, the 401k big you know, thing going on we, we discussed yesterday as it was breaking news. Well, here's some more insights surrounding that that this headline here reads how Trump's nine trillion dollar executive order could let you add bitcoin to your retirement plan via your 401k. And I am actually curious how many of you have exposure to 401k. Put a yay or a nay in the chat and I'll read those comments out here shortly. If you've spent decades building your nest egg the traditional way through the 401k, stocks, bonds, maybe a little gold, you're not alone. About six of 10Americans have a well defined retirement plan. That's virtually what, 60%. Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that could open the doors for bitcoin and other cryptos to enter the 9 trillion U. S retirement market. My understanding is he already signed the executive order, but there's still a process before people can start doing it. Now if the word word bitcoin sounds like something from a sci fi movie or a fad for tech savvy youngsters, don't worry, you're not alone. But here's the thing. Bitcoin and other digital assets are becoming more mainstream. Oh yeah, he couldn't get more mainstream right now. This guide will walk you through what this executive order is, what it means for your savings. Now you can legally and securely invest in bitcoin through your 401k. But do note there's a difference. It wouldn't be you holding the underlying asset and having control of your private keys. It would be you have exposure to it through a bitcoin ETF, for example, via Black Rock Fidelity or maybe even a bitcoin related stock such as Strategy B via the Gigachad. But what's in Trump's 9 trillion executive order? Let's do a deep dive. Trump's preparing to sign the executive order. He already signed it as of yesterday. So I don't know why they say he's getting ready, but I just want to correct that. This executive order is part of the Broader crypto strategy a of lot aligning with what he calls his mission to bring financial freedom back to the people. According to the Financial Times, the executive order will direct Washington regulatory agencies to explore the best course of action for 401k plans and begin investing in crypto and examine any remaining barriers to making it a reality. The order will also direct the U.S. department of labor to update the rules regarding types of assets that can be included in retirement accounts. So all this is changing in real time now. Why Bitcoin and 401k matters right off the top. I heard there's 12 and a half trillion worth of wealth in 401ks just in the United States and that number is way higher obviously internationally. Crypto is no longer just a side bet for the Tech Bros and the nip nators. It is a trillion dollar industry. Bitcoin has earned its stripes as digital gold. And also allowing bitcoin and retirement plans means millions of of Americans can start to dollar cost average into bitcoin every paycheck without needing to open a separate crypto exchange account. And this isn't just theoretical. In May, Trump's Labor Department reversed a Biden era policy that discouraged 401k providers from offering crypto. Not surprised. Hence we had the war on crypto with the Obama and Biden administrations and that should be over by now. That move paved the way for this order and showed that the administration was prepping the foundation. And here you can see Bitcoin has outperformed the NASDAQ and annual returns for five out of the last six years. I mean proof of work right here, bruh. And if Trump the 9 trillion Bitcoin retirement offer goes into effect, what would you need to do personally to add that to your 401k? Here's a simplified version. Step one, check with your employer or plan provider. Not all 401k plans will offer crypto right away. Your provider, whether it's Fidelity, Vanguard or another, has to enable the option first. So look out for announcements. And Vanguard may be last. Even though they're the second largest asset manager in the world, they've been anti crypto this entire time. However, want to know what's ironic? They're the largest shareholder of companies like Strategy and a lot of the other top bitcoin companies and in fact most all the top 500 stocks. You know the S&P 500. It's always Vanguard and Black Rock without a doubt. Vanguard and Black Rock. Vanguard is estimated to have 10 trillion in assets under management. Black Rocks estimated to be 12 trillion. So they're the largest financial giants of the world. Now step two review the crypto options. When reviewing, you might see direct exposure, a black rock bitcoin retirement fund or an etf. Some providers may offer digital assets sleeve in a managed portfolio. Number three three decide on your allocation. You know, is it going to be 50%, 100% all in? I don't know. I guess that's up to you. Step 4 Opt in and monitor. Once available, you'll be able to allocate part of your 401k into Bitcoin just like you would stocks or bonds. And step five, understand the tax benefits. If the Trump crypto tax free law is passed in parallel, it could mean tax exemptions. But right now it's all speculation and rumors. So it's up to Trump what he does on that. What's Trump's 9 trillion executive order means for the future of retirement? I mean it's common sense. It just means the future generations can now take their 401k and get some bitcoin exposure. This should have happened 10 years ago and in fact it's a shame it didn't happen sooner. But better late than never. Let's dive deeper. I also wanted to point this post out, Justin. Trump signs the executive order clearing the way for Bitcoin and 401ks. Done deal. America's retirement system holds 8.7 trillion just in 401k assets out of the 43.4 trillion trillion in total. Let me know if you bought the dip today. But anyways next headline Bitcoin likely to lead gains from Trump's 401k crypto order and then we'll discuss our featured story right after this one. So here's the latest bada boom. United States President Trumpster signed the executive order on Thursday opening the door for Americans to include crypto and other alternative assets into the 401k and other defined contribution plans. A policy shift which sparked optimism the same way nip Anator sparks the cigar and caution from the crypto industry. Trump's executive order directs the US labor department to reevaluate restrictions on alternative assets like crypto. And he also signed an executive order to ultimately overturn any anti crypto banking stance from the previous administration. That was also big news we touched upon yesterday. Private equity, real estate, 401ks other defined contribution plan. It's all going to zero against Prelo Biddy going up forever. Laura. And as of the first quarter of 2025 U. S retirement assets totaled $43.4 trillion according to the Investment Company Institute and the Federal Reserve Board. So this is official. According to the Federal Reserve Board, there's a total of 43.4 trillion worth of wealth and just U S retirement assets. That is mind boggling. To put that into that into perspective, the entire Bitcoin market cap today is less than two and a half trillion. So we have a long ways to go before Bitcoin sucks it all in like a black freaking hole. You heard it first here. With billions of dollars potentially flowing into the biddy in the crypto industry, stakeholders share their opinions and reactions to the executive order. And here you can see regarding the IRA growth DC plans, private sector DB plans, government DB plans, annuity reserves, etc from 2024 Q4 to 2025 let's map.
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Investment Officer Matt Hogan and rest in peace of course to Mr. Hulk. Hogan said that change could transform the crypto markets by introducing a slow, steady, consistent bid from retirement contributions. The result is higher returns and lower volatility. Hoogan also said that the crypto belongs in the or belongs to the 401k. For some investors it has been the best performing asset class in the world. Facts over the past decade over the past 17 years is well positioned for the decade to come, the century to come. Mark my mother freaking words. Crypto Council for Innovation CEO G. Hoon Kim said that the decision affirmed digital assets placed for the US Financial system. Americans should have the opportunity and freedom to include these particular investments within their retirement plants. Couldn't have said it better myself. Kim added that the CCI applauded the administration's continued commitment to clear the policies and make the U S the crypto capital of the American world. And also Abdul co founder Compliance focus Block platform Zig Chain also said the executive order would help build the infrastructure needed supporting tokenized investment vehicles at scale. The reason why this is important is because it connects with the broader regulatory clarity coming from the Chairman Atkins SEC leadership. But we all know the only chairman that matters is Chairman Nipinator of the Fed. But that's a topic of another conversation now. You also have Michael Henrich, co founder and CEO of the OG Labs, said the executive order is a watershed moment for crypto integration into the financial system. However, he still cautioned development could go both ways now done right, this could unlock trillions in retirement capital for Bitcoin and other compliant assets. Done poorly, it's risk political and financial backlash. He also highlighted that the details such as which tokens would qualify, how custody is handled and what guardrails will be in place are crucial. He also pointed out or ahead of growth at the Duro association said the main short term beneficiary is likely to be the Bitcoin. With Bitcoin having the strongest institutional acceptance. He predicts Bitcoin will be the first to be integrated into the regulatory regulatory pension product. I mean that's obvious, right? Asset managers such as Black Rock, Fidelity and Franklin Templeton are already lined up with the corresponding offerings, meaning game on. He also said the Alts and the smaller crypto projects will likely only benefit in the medium term as they require resilient structure including regulated products, reliable standards and increased trust from institutions. And you also have the Tezos co founder Arthur Bretman. He agreed that the scale the U S retirement market could set a precedent for legitimizing crypto, but also warned of the potential pitfall. And he also supports giving savers more investment choices and that many investors could make poor allocation decisions. Well, that's why we should probably keep the altcoins out of that. It just is what it is. People will make idiotic decisions and wish they just went all in on bitcoin, but that's a given. Peter Schiff says the move could worsen existing problems, but let's just all agree that Peter Schiff's opinion on financial advice at this point moving forward is completely irrelevant. If you're still listening to Peter Schiff for brains, you're plagued with problems in your life and I mean I pray for you at this point. But with that being shared Let me know your thoughts regarding that. All right fam. Now for our featured story of the day. Trump targets one and a half trillion dollar dollar bitcoin stack. We're going to be discussing a goal short squeeze strategy exposed. So let's break this mofo down, shall we and shout out Stack Hodler on the content from this post. I'm going to just read you what he wrote here and then we'll entertain it. The Trump admin told us they were looking to acquire Bitcoin with a budget neutral strategy. That's right. That's the key to the United States purchasing 1 million or potentially as much as 5 million Bitcoin as per the bill proposed by Senator Cynthia Lummis which is to purchase 1 million Bitcoin for their strategic Bitcoin reserve. And they already have all that. The executive order, everything is in alignment to make it happen. And then also Sailor proposed to Trump when he visited the White House saying you should buy 5 million bitcoin. Now I'm not saying there's 5 million bitcoin available because there is not. But maybe over the long haul let's just entertain this idea. Continuing. Well, they may have just found a way to do it and in fact there are numerous budget neutral ways to acquire bitcoin. If I know the Gigachad, he probably already presented Trump at least a hundred, you know, ways to do so. But we're going to entertain the most obvious way. Engineer a short squeeze on gold again. Engineer short squeeze on gold. Revalue the gold holdings at the peak and buy bitcoin. And gold is already at a peak. I know it hit an all time high. More recently 70 of the world's gold is refined in Switzerland. So what happens when you slap Swiss s exports with 39 tariffs including the gold bars that New York based Comics accepts for deliveries. Suddenly the goal shorters in the US have a much harder time time sourcing gold to cover their positions which means they need to buy existing spot or futures which would drive the price massively higher. An aggressive short squeeze can force gold towards 6,000 an ounce. And what's the all time high right now? I think it's probably between 4,000 and 4,500 if someone can let me know now. Which would allow the US to revalue its holdings to one and a half trillion which would then be deposited into the US Treasury's account that could then buy Bitcoin with the one and a half trillion. So there is a net neutral way to come up with one and a half trillion and Buy bitcoin. And like I said, I'm not saying right now there's one and a half trillion worth of bitcoin available. The total market cap, I believe, is just under two and a half trillion. But it's just an idea of how many ways that are really viable right now for the US and our government to start stacking like there ain't no tomorrow. Buy a ton of bitcoin. Amen. And now are the strange 39 tariffs on Switzerland, nearly the highest in the world, a tactic to force a goal short squeeze so they can revalue their holdings and acquire a dominant bitcoin position? Grab your popcorn. I mean, your speculation is as good as mine, but I found this very interesting because I do also believe the United States should do just that. Use the gold to acquire bitcoin net neutral way so it's compliant and viable and. Or just print money out of thin air and buy more bitcoin. There's two ways, right off the top of the Dome piece, someone asks here, which would allow the US to revalue its holdings to one and a half trillion, which would then be deposited into the US Treasury's account. Where would that money come from? I mean, it's a good question. I don't know. But apparently the United States knows how to come up with as much money as they need to support wars in the Ukraine, support whatever agendas are going on out there so they can come up with some money to buy some damn bitcoin. If they don't, they're going to miss that advantage to be the crypto capital of the world, as per Trump's own words. In fact, I have a sound bit or sound bite back from when he spoke in Nashville, Tennessee, before he became president. And he made a lot of very bold promises. Let's rehash it.
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Trump
This afternoon, I'm laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the bitcoin superpower of the world. And we'll get it done. If crypto is going to define the future, I want to be mined, minted and made in the usa. It's going to be. It's not going to be made anywhere else. And if bitcoin is going to the moon, as we say it's going to the moon, I want America to be the nation that leads the way. And that's what's going to happen. I pledge to the bitcoin community that the day I take the oath of office, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris's anti crypto crusade will be over. It will end. It'll be done. It'll be done. On day one, I will fire Gary Gensler and appoint a new SEC chairman.
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Now go home and get your shine box, Gary. But there you have it. I mean, what are your thoughts on that? Do you think Trump would do such a bull strategy to somehow utilize their gold reserves to buy mass amount of bitcoin? What are your thoughts on that? Or do you think that would never happen and there's going to be alternative ways? And also how much bitcoin do you think the US Will acquire under Trump's administration? We got another solid three years to go. Let me know your thoughts and I'll read them out loud. Welcome everybody to the Q A segment of the live stream. And don't forget to check out bitcoin news alerts.net for the full premium experience with video and to participate in the live stream along with the Q and A. And I look forward to seeing you on tomorrow's episode Hoddle.