GM. This is the Never Die Newsletter, where I share whatever crypto news and content I feel like, every week, short and sweet, right to your beautiful little inbox.

This week we have:

• 🎙️Hot Off the Mic: This AI Predicted Bitcoin’s Move — Again

• 📺 Latest Episode: The Setup I've Been Patiently Waiting For Just Arrived

• 📰News: BlackRock Wants to Add Staking to Its Ether ETF

• 🌟Narrative of the week: Base’s New Day One Event

NEWS📰

1. 🪨 BlackRock Wants to Add Staking to Its Ether ETF

   BlackRock just filed with the SEC to add staking to its iShares Ether ETF potentially letting investors earn ETH staking rewards directly through TradFi. Thanks to recent SEC guidance, staking rewards are now considered income, not capital gains clearing the path for institutions to earn yield.

2. 🏠 Australia’s First Bitcoin Backed Mortgage Is Live

   Block Earner just launched Australia’s first Bitcoin-backed home loan letting crypto holders buy property without selling their BTC. After a legal win in April, the firm no longer needs a financial license to offer crypto backed lending. Borrowers can now use BTC as collateral for up to 50% of a property’s value.

3. 🔁 BTC Digital Ditches Bitcoin for Ethereum

   BTC Digital raised $6M and is shifting its entire strategy to Ethereum. The firm plans to convert all BTC holdings into ETH, aiming to stack tens of millions in ETH by year end. They're betting big on staking, DeFi, and real world asset plays to drive long term growth.

4. 🦄 Uniswap President Steps Down After 4 Years

   Mary Catherine Lader is stepping down as Uniswap’s president and COO after 4 years, shifting into an advisory role. A former BlackRock exec, Lader helped Uniswap grow from a dev centric startup into a major DeFi player with $73B in monthly volume. No successor has been named yet.

5. 🇺🇸 House Passes 3 Key Crypto Bills

   The US House just passed three major crypto bills: CLARITY Act, GENIUS Act, Anti-CBDC Act. Despite Democrat pushback, over 100 voted yes on GENIUS. The Anti-CBDC bill saw the most resistance, but Republicans pushed it through as part of Trump’s pro crypto agenda. The bills aim to give clear rules for crypto markets and stablecoins, while banning a US CBDC.

6. 💼 Trump Eyes Crypto for 401(k)s

   Trump may soon sign an executive order opening up 401(k)s to crypto and other alternative assets. The move would direct regulators to explore how retirement plans can hold digital assets. But the White House says nothing’s official unless Trump confirms it himself.

This AI Just Outperformed Every Bitcoin Expert Again

In this week’s video, I’m breaking down how my custom AI model accurately predicted Bitcoin’s price 60 days in advance for the second time in a row. I’ll show the side by side proof, what happened with the first call, and reveal its shocking third prediction. Plus, my take on what it all means for BTC going forward.

One Final Signal

In this week’s video, I’m revealing the exact conditions I believe are needed to kick off altseason and why we’re now entering crypto’s first-ever 5-year cycle. I’ll walk you through my Omni Cycle framework, what’s shifting in the macro landscape, and the one final signal I’m watching before the market takes off.

Narrative Of The Week: Base’s New Day One Event

The Base ecosystem made its biggest splash yet with the July 16 “New Day One” event, rebranding, upgrading, and going all-in on becoming crypto’s go to app layer. Here’s what dropped:

Base App Is Here: Coinbase Wallet is now Base App a full on super app for posting, messaging, trading, and launching mini-apps. It integrates Farcaster (social), XMTP (encrypted chat), and Zora (tokenized posts) to give users a seamless, social onchain experience.

Flashblocks Speed Boost: Block times on Base now clock in at 200ms, making it the fastest EVM chain out there. Brian Armstrong demoed it live opening doors for real time DeFi, gaming, and payments.

Base Pay Drops: Coinbase unveiled Base Pay, USDC-native payments with 1% cashback, Shopify integration, no FX fees, and tap to pay functionality. It’s crypto UX that actually feels ready for the mainstream.

Market Backdrop: Pump.fun has pulled in $700M since January 2024, but that’s down 92% from peak. Competitor LetsBonk is gaining steam, and critics are calling the $4B FDV pure hopium.

Base is gunning for mass adoption and it’s one of the first L2s to really ship an end to end, mobile native onchain experience. The timing is perfect too: ETH staking ETFs are on the horizon, Solana’s heating up, and users are finally ready for apps that feel like apps. If Base nails execution, this could be the moment the L2 game changes for good.

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