11.6.2025

Bitcoin is not about them

W. Owen

Let’s get one thing clear from the outset: Bitcoin isn’t about them—not Trump. Not Wall Street. Not GameStop. Those headliners swirl in the headlines like circus performers, but Bitcoin itself—the protocol—is about you. It’s about sovereign individuals reclaiming control of money from the intermediaries who built vast fortunes by policing and profiting from our financial trust.

Don’t be distracted by the theatrics. Push past the flashbulbs. Learn the fundamentals. The soundbites and half-truths touted by power players can be dangerously misleading.

Trump & Media’s Crypto Circus

Trump’s endorsement of Bitcoin has undeniably raised awareness—but he’s also blurred the lines between Bitcoin and other speculative crypto schemes. Enter the $TRUMP meme coin, launched in January 2025 via CIC Digital and Fight Fight Fight LLC. Within 24 hours, it briefly reached a market cap in the tens of billions, only to crash—and yet insiders walked away with hundred‑million‑dollar gains through trading fees and strategic promotions

This isn’t innocent hype—it’s elite marketing and ruthless capitalization on the regulatory grey. A Reuters investigation revealed that Trump’s venture World Liberty Financial raised over $550 million in “governance token” sales, with the Trump family pulling in $400 million in revenues from token and operational cuts

Here’s what this looks like: large sums are raised, a meme token is circulated, insiders profit, and often uninformed investors are left holding the bag. That’s not Bitcoin—that’s a shell game.

Graph showing the price movement of TRUMP coin post launch Source: TradingView

Bitcoin Is Not “Crypto”

Let me be blunt: Bitcoin is not “crypto.” Yes, it’s digital. Yes, blockchain. Yes it uses cryptography. But it’s invariably different from altcoins, meme tokens, or the next speculative scheme. Bitcoin is a decentralized monetary protocol—open-source, peer-to-peer, permissionless, with a fixed 21 million supply. No central authority. No CEO. No soft fork for profit.

Altcoins chase trends and hype. Bitcoin stands alone—robust, rare, and resilient.

The Principles Matter

Here’s the beauty: Bitcoin is the most profound monetary invention since paper money. It’s permissionless—anyone can join the network. It’s trustless—no intermediary needed. It’s finite—just 21 million coins ever. And it’s peer-to-peer, enabling transactions directly, removing middlemen.

Satoshi Nakamoto designed it as a public good: a currency built on math and consensus, not bank approval. It lets individuals interact economically in a way closer to barter—just value moving freely—without permission, without arbitrary control.

The Media Loves A Circus

Clickbait loves names—Trump, MicroStrategy, CBDC regulations. Most mainstream journalism still doesn’t truly grasp Bitcoin's architecture. Initially, articles dismissed it as snake oil or political theatrics.

Sure, many are pivoting—FT, WSJ, The Economist now grudgingly admit this asset class isn’t going away. But even when they soften, every article will twist Bitcoin into some story about financial manipulators or political pawns.

It’s time we demand better from media narratives—and from ourselves.

Follow The Money

Look closer: who owns and operates the biggest financial newsrooms? FT, The Economist, WSJ—they’re intertwined with the banks, funds, and central powers that benefit from the status quo.

It’s like asking a black cab driver about Uber. Their incentives aren’t aligned with promoting a decentralized financial revolution. Their language, their framing, it’s all heavily invested in the old guard. No wonder coverage leans bearish, sensational, or outright misleading.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin Accumulates

While the lights are focused on Trump’s coins, spot Bitcoin ETFs, and political headlines, big funds, savvy companies, and even nations are quietly accumulating BTC at prices most retail investors can’t—or won’t—access. They’re scooping up tokens early, understanding the protocol—but keeping a low profile.

What happens when retail wakes up, too late, and finds Bitcoin already embraced as a sovereign asset class? You can guess the price trajectory.

Summary

Bitcoin is not about Trump. It isn’t about Wall Street endorsements, political positioning, or meme token mania. It’s about individual sovereignty, mathematically guaranteed scarcity, and trustless peer-to-peer exchange.

Yes, the mainstream will spotlight elites and splash sensationalism. But don’t buy into that PR. Instead, learn the technology, understand its sound economic bedrock, and make decisions on your own terms.

And yet—don’t ignore the movement of capital. While the Republican endorsements, ETFs, and big-name hype may blur Bitcoin’s core message, they are also injecting enormous liquidity into the network. Bitcoin has now grown into a ~$2 trillion asset class, largely from institutional and sovereign accumulation.

Capitalise on the opportunity. Invest with them—but not because of them. Do it with clarity, conviction, and comprehension.

Bitcoin isn’t about them. It’s about you.

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