News Block: Trump's $1.4 Billion Crypto Payday, Strategy's Biggest Bitcoin Sale Yet & a Signal We've Seen Only 5 Times Since 2011

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

• Trump reported $1.4 billion in crypto income — more than Coinbase earned all year
• The Trump token collapsed 97% — here's who actually made money
• Strategy sold 3,588 Bitcoin this morning in its biggest sale yet
• Bear market data is flashing a signal we've only seen five times since 2011
• Saylor says Bitcoin evolves by not changing — Lyn Alden weighs in tomorrow

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References mentioned in the episode:

• Trump Reports More Than $1.4B in Crypto Income for 2025
• Trump Insists There's Nothing Wrong With His Big Crypto Gains
• Trump Pocketed More Than $1B From Crypto Ties as Industry Headed Toward Slump
• Trump Says There's 'Nothing Wrong' With Family's Crypto Windfall
• Trump's Crypto Token Buyers Are Down $3.8B, Blockchain Data Shows
• Nearly 1 Million Wallets Are Down $3.8B on Trump's Memecoin
• Trump Financial Disclosures Show Hundreds of Millions in Crypto-Related Income
• Trump's Memecoin Investors Are Down Billions
• Clarity and Congress's Summer Break — State of Crypto
• River's Chart on 5-Year Crypto Performance
• Bitcoin Magazine on Trump's Crypto Disclosure
• Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Have Returned to Accumulation, Glassnode Says
• Barstool's Portnoy Plans to Hold Bitcoin Down to $0 After Timing It Wrong Every Time
• Michael Saylor: "Bitcoin Evolves by Not Changing"
• DurdenBTC: ~45% of Long-Term Holder Supply in Loss
• DurdenBTC: Bitcoin Supply-in-Profit at Historical Lows
  
• Bitfinex: Long-Term Holder Supply in Loss 

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