Remember when Trump called Bitcoin a "scam against the dollar" back in 2021?

Well, that aged about as well as LUNA because the man just pulled the biggest 180 in crypto history.

Trump has gone full sovereign wealth fund mode with plans that have institutions absolutely salivating.

Digital Fort Knox Has Entered The Conversation

Trump's plan to create a national digital asset stockpile is basically Fort Knox for the internet age.

He's not just talking about just Bitcoin either – ETH, SOL, ADA, and even XRP are on the shopping list as anything with the “Made in America” sticker seems to have caught the President’s eye.

We’re witnessing a full-blown strategy to make America the global leader in digital assets unfold in real time.

Wall Street execs who've been quietly accumulating are now feeling like absolute geniuses while nocoiners are frantically googling "how to buy Bitcoin."

That Gold Audit of a Lifetime

Trump and his buddy Elon are suddenly very interested in checking if Fort Knox actually has all that gold we've been told about.

It's the financial equivalent of "pics or it didn't happen" at the national level.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin is sitting there with its fully transparent, permanently verifiable ledger looking smugger than Paolo with USDT reserves.

The contrast couldn't be more obvious – one asset needs armed guards and faith in government accounting, the other shows its receipts 24/7 on a blockchain anyone can check.

Fed Audit Incoming

Ron Paul spent decades screaming into the void about auditing the Fed, and now suddenly it's mainstream policy.

Is an audit likely to change anything? Probably not, but it's the vibes that matter here.

The mere suggestion that America's money printer needs more transparency is basically a Bitcoin commercial without saying the word.

Every time a politician questions the Fed, Michael Saylor buys another 1,000 BTC – at least that's how it feels.

Welcome To The Sacks Administration

David Sacks being appointed as White House AI and crypto czar is the kind of move that makes even the most hardened crypto critics do a double take.

This is a guy who actually understands the space at a fundamental level, and his main job is creating regulatory clarity that will make institutional investors feel safe enough to dive in with both feet.

After years of Gensler's "regulation by enforcement" nightmare, the idea of actual clear rules has the entire industry breathing a collective sigh of relief.

The SEC Just Stopped Being A Total Buzzkill

Coinbase and Consensys just had their SEC cases dropped faster than Sam Bankman-Fried dropped his effective altruism principles once he was given a series of orange jumpsuits to wear. 

Yeah, we’ve been hitting the SBF jokes hard lately, but the guy still deserves it for being shamelessly self-serving at every level. 

Anyway, the new SEC approach seems to be "maybe not everything is a security" which is a refreshing change from the previous "everything, including maybe even Pokemon cards, is a security."

Private litigation might pick up some slack, but without the SEC breathing down everyone's neck, innovation might actually happen without immediate legal threats.

The days of projects launching from obscure Caribbean islands might finally be coming to an end as America reopens for crypto business.

United States Dot Fi?

The U.S. is positioning itself to be the crypto capital of the world after spending years pushing innovation overseas.

Bitcoin is getting the ultimate legitimacy boost: a presidential seal of approval and possibly a place on the national balance sheet.

Institutional money that's been sitting on the sidelines is about to flood in faster than liquidations on a 10% down day, and somewhere in El Salvador, President Bukele is smiling, knowing he beat the world's superpower to the Bitcoin national treasury strategy by years.

Too bad the United States holds a lot more Bitcoin in absolute terms – but who's counting?