GM, APRA Fam,
Welcome back to Crypto Insights — your weekly guide to the boldest moves and biggest shifts across the digital asset space. Let’s break it down:

1️⃣ Trump signs $3T bill: markets cheer, bond traders brace 💸

President Trump just signed the Big Beautiful Bill, slashing taxes for the wealthy and adding $3 trillion to the U.S. deficit over the next decade. Short term? Markets love it. Long term? Inflation risk and bond volatility could rise. Bitcoin surged after Trump’s last stimulus. If history repeats, we could be staring at $150K $BTC in the near future. With fiat spending in overdrive, Bitcoin’s scarcity narrative is gaining serious traction.

2️⃣ Solana gets first staking ETF: $33M on Day 1 📈

Solana just hit a huge milestone. The REX-Osprey $SOL + Staking ETF ($SSK)launched last week, pulling in $33 million in first-day volume. It’s the first U.S.-approved ETF to offer direct staking rewards and is regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, using Anchorage Digital for custody and staking. This could be the gateway for institutional staking adoption — and a turning point for $SOL’s mainstream narrative.

3️⃣ 14-year-old whales move $1B in $BTC 🐋

Dormant $BTC wallets from 2011 just moved over $1.1 billion in Bitcoin for the first time in 14 years.
Originally holding 10,000 $BTC each, the wallets received their coins when $BTC was worth just $0.78. They’ve now been moved to modern wallets with lower fees, sparking speculation across the market. Analysts believe the same entity may control multiple ancient wallets that all moved funds simultaneously. Old whales are waking up, and the market is watching closely.

4️⃣ Airdrop radar: what’s live & upcoming 🎯

1. Eclipse Checker: eligible if you used Turbo Tap, hold ASC NFTs, or engaged with the ecosystem.
2. Drift $FUEL Redemption: claim available for users holding over 20k FUEL.
3. Pear Protocol Rewards: Jumper x Pear campaign participants can now redeem.
4. t3rn Checker: only sybil-safe users can verify eligibility.
5. SonicLabs Airdrop: distribution window is July 15–22.

Zoom Out → Big spending, slower liquidity 🧭 Q2 saw global liquidity expansion, but momentum is fading as we enter Q3.

We’ll catch you next week —
Stay sharp, stay decentralized, and DYOR.
— Team APRA