Bitcoin Investments to Consider as President Trump Spurs Acceptance

Bitcoin investments to consider as President Trump spurs acceptance of cryptocurrency recently received another regulatory lift.

Since President Trump won election in November 2024, the price of bitcoin has surged from roughly $70,000 to $120,000 before dipping slightly this week. The ascent has not been steady, but the upward trend is clear.

Relaxed regulation of cryptocurrency supported by President Trump has been accompanied by increasingly crypto-friendly voting in both Congress, too. The latest example last week’s passage of the GENIUS Act, which set up regulatory norms for the crypto space and solidifies a connection between crypto and the dollar with requirements for backing with U.S. treasury bills, according to the TNT Trader advisory service.

Bitcoin investments to consider as President Trump Spurs Acceptance: Bitcoin

“Overall, the health of the economy is good, and we are moving back into an interesting earnings season, where analysts are wondering if we are going to see increased numbers due to AI implementation,” according to Mark Skousen, PhD, in the latest issue of his TNT Trader advisory service that recommends both stocks and related options. “We will be keeping an eye on this as most of our portfolio will announce earnings in the coming weeks.”

Bitcoin traded above $123,000 into record high territory at its peak point on Monday, July 14, following inflows to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) of the cryptocurrency. That is good for TNT Trader subscribers, since the advisory service had recommended bitcoin and it has soared 201% since then.

“Bitcoin is near an all-time high, but even better, Solana is finally starting to move, according to the latest TNT Trader advisory sent Tuesday, July 22. Solana is back above $200 and moving up.

“It is up an amazing 26% this week, but our price target is much higher, so let’s hold on here,” advised TNT Trader, which also is aided by cryptocurrency-focused Tim Skousen, the son of Mark Skousen. The elder Skousen also has led the Forecasts & Strategies investment newsletter for more than four decades.

Mark Skousen, editor of Forecast & Strategies.

Bitcoin Investments to Consider as President Trump Spurs Acceptance: HODL

The slight bitcoin pullback followed some profit-taking as investors anticipated the beginning of the ongoing Crypto Week, July 14-18. The week consisted of three significant legislative proposals aimed at ending years of legal uncertainty.

Keep in mind that rallies in bitcoin always bring into the market new speculators who increase the upward momentum, wrote Bob Carlson, who heads the Retirement Watch investment newsletter. Carlson recommends holding a small part of one’s investments in bitcoin through an exchange-traded fund (ETF), VanEck Bitcoin (HODL).

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In his August 2025 Retirement Watch newsletter issue, Carlson wrote that HODL gained 8.61% in the last four weeks, 41.04% over three months, 26.53% so far in 2025 and 106.13% over the last 12 months. He added that blockchain technology makes bitcoin possible, and companies are using it to develop digital asset exchanges, other digital assets and other financial infrastructure and uses.

It’s a “good idea” to have another small portion of a portfolio in a diversified group companies that benefit from the infrastructure, Carlson concluded.

Bob Carlson, editor of Retirement Watch.

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The advance of legislation could help introduce a measure of regulatory clarity by outlining frameworks for stablecoins and affirming the classification of digital assets as digital commodities, said Michelle Connell, who heads Dallas-based Portia Capital Management.

Michelle Connell heads Portia Capital Management.

“The fact that oversight of this asset class still needs to be determined gives me pause,” Connell concluded.