This Week's Top 5(00) Crypto Stories

The Breakdown

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4.8 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

NLW returns with a jam-packed Friday Five (or Friday 500) to break down the biggest crypto week of the summer. The Genius and Clarity Acts both pass the House with overwhelming bipartisan support—marking the first major crypto legislation on its way to becoming law. Trump floats a retirement-focused crypto investment EO, while the total crypto market cap tops $4 trillion and Ethereum ETFs begin to shine. Meanwhile, a dormant Bitcoin whale awakens, moving billions, raising speculation about Roger Ver or Adam Back. Plus: the U.S. Marshals' BTC holdings spark FOIA drama, and Trump fires up the Fed chaos machine with Powell threats. A defining week in crypto’s march to legitimacy. Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast: https://pod.link/1438693620 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBreakdownBW Subscribe to the newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blockworks.co/newsletter/thebreakdown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8 Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownBW

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0:00.0	Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.
0:09.3	It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.
0:18.4	What's going on, guys? It is Friday, July 18th, and that means it's time for the Friday 5.
0:23.8	Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown, please go subscribe to it,
0:27.5	give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation,
0:31.2	come join us on the Breakers Discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit.ly slash breakdown pod.
0:36.7	All right, friends, we are back with another Friday 5, but as Scott jokes on today's show,
0:41.8	it really could be the Friday 500.
0:44.4	Usually there is a summer slowdown, but not this week.
0:47.4	Tons happened, both in terms of crazy, chaotic Washington process as well as actual results.
0:53.5	Net Net, this was a very good week for
0:55.2	crypto, so let's dig in and find out why. We have yet another monster week in crypto news and a lot
1:03.6	to unpack here on the Friday five. You know, the summer has not been boring. I think that we can
1:10.8	officially say this is the most
1:12.3	eventful summer we've had in at least the last, I don't know, in the 2020s for crypto.
1:18.0	It's the Friday 500, I think. We've got these sort of honorable mention stories that weren't even
1:24.6	going to be included that sort of started breaking over the past
1:27.9	few days. Bitcoin topped 120K on report of Trump approving crypto investments for retirement
1:33.2	account. So he's basically trying to sign an executive order here that will unlock many,
1:37.3	many trillions and 401ks and such for people to directly buy crypto. This wasn't even on our
1:42.3	docket. So this is the Pump My Bags executive order of 2025.
1:47.8	So this is not just about crypto.
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