President Trump leaves the door open to a future Bitcoin role in Trump Accounts, while current program materials still point to broad U.S. equity exposure. We also cover the "Ill Bloom" software wallet seed vulnerability, the political deadlock over the CBDC Ban, and Square's massive Lightning Network expansion to 4 million merchants.

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The Bitcoin network faces a critical coordination deadline in August with BIP-110, while the United States government reaches a milestone for its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve blueprint. We also cover a massive short squeeze following a weak June jobs report, the systemic risks of ETF custody concentration at Coinbase, and the automatic enactment window for the CBDC Ban.

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The sitting US President's financial disclosure reveals over $50 million in Bitcoin held in cold storage, with approximately $1.4 billion in crypto-related income for 2025. The UK Financial Conduct Authority publishes its complete crypto authorization rulebook, cutting the stablecoin capital requirement in half. Binance becomes the first exchange to integrate Anchorage Digital's Atlas triparty custody platform. Plus: Taiwan passes its first comprehensive crypto licensing law, the CLARITY Act passage odds drop to 50 percent, SVB reports a $67 billion crypto lending market, and on-chain data shows 50,000 Bitcoin from short-term holders moving to exchanges at a loss while 181,000 Bitcoin flows to accumulation addresses — a record.

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