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Trump’s “Project Crypto” Just Changed Everything for Bitcoin, XRP, and DeFi
From new SEC rules that could make America the crypto capital, to XRP’s latest global moves, BlackRock’s Ethereum pivot, and Spark’s surging TVL—here’s what it all means for your portfolio.
Economic Ninja
August 08, 2025
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August 7, 2025
🚀 The SEC's "Project Crypto" initiative, backed by President Trump, aims to modernize securities laws and position America as the "crypto capital of the world".
🏷️ SEC's new approach categorizes crypto assets as digital collectibles, digital commodities, or stablecoins, allowing market participants to determine if they're subject to investment contract regulations.
💰 This initiative could potentially unlock massive growth in the crypto market, enabling more people to buy Bitcoin through their 401ks.
📈 Investors may have opportunities to earn 10-40% annually through crypto strategies like staking, yield farming, and restaking.
🔄 The new regulations may allow investors to diversify portfolios and move between companies based on lock-up periods, rather than focusing solely on price and market capitalization.
August 6, 2025
🏦 Ripple's partnership with BDAX has led to the launch of XRP custody for institutions in Korea, deepening regulatory alignment for XRP's global institutional use.
💹 SBI Holdings plans to introduce a dual asset crypto ETF offering direct exposure to both Bitcoin and XRP on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, potentially increasing institutional demand for XRP.
🏢 Ripple's status as a professional Silicon Valley company developing blockchain and relationships with governments and banks is a key factor in XRP's growth and adoption.
📊 The Crypto Staking Pro course will teach investors how to build bond and equity portfolios from cryptocurrencies using low-power staking strategies.
💰 The Economic Ninja predicts XRP could potentially reach $1,000 in the future, based on his experience holding it since it was 2 cents.
August 6, 2025
🏦 BlackRock deposited $372 billion in Ethereum and $292 billion in Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime, indicating potential staking intentions rather than selling.
💼 BlackRock and Blackstone are leveraging pension funds and private equity to invest in crypto staking opportunities, recognizing the high yield potential.
📈 The bond market is evolving into crypto blockchain technology, with tokens representing protocol ownership and staking providing yield similar to traditional bonds.
💰 Staking offers 4-49% yields, significantly outperforming traditional bank interest rates of 1-2%.
📉 Staking yields decrease as more participants enter the market, mirroring supply and demand dynamics in traditional financial markets.
💤 Staking enables passive income generation, allowing investors to earn cash flow while inactive, similar to bond interest payments.
August 5, 2025
📊 TVL (Total Value Locked) serves as a key metric in DeFi, representing the total value of digital assets locked in a protocol and indicating its overall size and activity.
🚀 Spark token's TVL has nearly doubled in 12 months, with SLL allocations increasing from $1.3B to $3.6B and die lending growing 9.6 times, signaling strong investor confidence and platform expansion.
💹 Spark token's market cap of $130-140M is dwarfed by its TVL, which is over 10 times larger, indicating substantial token and stablecoin lock-up in the system.
🌱 Smaller DeFi companies like DIA and Spark are leveraging knowledge from larger market cap firms to create innovative business models in the rapidly growing DeFi space.
🌾 Yield farming in DeFi offers significantly higher yields than traditional savings accounts and bonds, with crypto yields outpacing inflation, making it an attractive option for investors seeking better returns.
August 5, 2025
🚀 Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, publicly praised the Spark token project, triggering a 40% price rally and ending its recent downtrend for the $142 million market cap coin.
🔊 The CEO of Coinbase is a key influencer in the crypto space, making his endorsement a significant catalyst for Spark token's price movement.
🔗 Spark token is closely related to the Sky project (formerly Maker Dow), creators of the DAI stablecoin, which has recently added Brainiacs to its team.
⏳ With only 4.5-5 weeks of existence, Spark token's price is primarily driven by fundamentals and public praise rather than technical analysis.
💹 As a small market cap coin ($142 million), Spark token's price is more susceptible to influence from public figures compared to larger cryptocurrencies like XRP ($10 billion market cap).
🔬 The Spark token case exemplifies how public endorsements can significantly impact small market cap coins, highlighting the importance of monitoring influential figures' statements in crypto investing.
August 4, 2025
🖥️ Over 25% of computer programming jobs in the US have disappeared, with employment at its lowest since 1980, predating the internet era.
📉 While the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 10% decline in programming jobs from 2023-2033, the Economic Ninja predicts a more drastic 50% drop within just 1.5 years.
🤖 AI is eliminating simpler programming tasks, allowing programmers to focus on complex problems, but some companies predict AI will eventually replace programmers entirely.
💰 The Economic Ninja, despite being mocked in his youth, became a millionaire by his early 20s and now shares wealth-building strategies on YouTube.
🏆 The Economic Ninja's YouTube success stems from demonstrating that wealth isn't limited to the intelligent or Ivy League-educated, and that one doesn't need to look rich to be rich.
August 3, 2025
📉 The crypto market is expected to correct in the coming months, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana facing sell pressure due to the massive move in income-producing cryptocurrencies through staking.
💹 The Economic Ninja achieved a 32% gain on his trading portfolio in a 7-day period and subsequently sold 20% to rebuy the same projects at lower prices.
💰 Wealthy individuals typically own assets that generate cash flow while they sleep, such as real estate and income-producing cryptocurrencies through staking.
🎓 The Economic Ninja is launching a new course called "Crypto Staking Pro" to teach staking and yield farming, which he believes will be his bestselling course.
🔮 The Economic Ninja is focusing on building wealth and helping others over the next 3.5 years before the presidential cycle and White House cycle potentially disrupt the market.
📊 The current market downturn is viewed as a great opportunity to accumulate cryptocurrencies at lower prices, with the expectation of future gains.
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