🔎 BITCOIN JUST WOKE UP. BTC is up roughly 6% today, surging from around $64,000 to nearly $69,000 in a matter of hours. And this move is worth paying attention to. Three things appear to be driving it: President Trump is meeting with crypto executives and regulators at the White House today as Washington moves toward clearer rules for digital assets. The SEC is advancing a new regulatory framework for crypto while the CLARITY Act is now scheduled for a Senate vote in September. The move triggered a massive short squeeze. More than $1 BILLION in leveraged shorts were reportedly liquidated in roughly one hour, forcing traders to buy Bitcoin back and accelerating the move higher. That third point matters. This was not simply $1 billion of new investors suddenly buying Bitcoin. Part of today’s explosion was mechanical. Price rises → shorts get liquidated → forced buying pushes price higher → more shorts get liquidated. The bigger signal will come next. Bitcoin is now pressing a...