Thread by @karlmehta

President Trump just hosted the GENIUS Act ceremony at the White House.

One by one, Trump and Sacks delivered major announcements and clues on what's coming next—directly to the American people.

Here's everything you should know (the behind-the-scenes details are incredible):🧵

1/ The Legislative Rescue Operation

Just 48 hours ago, media declared the GENIUS Act "dead."

Trump's late-night vote count:

3:00 AM: 9 votes short
3:30 AM: 4 votes short
4:00 AM: "We were in good shape"

@DavidSacks called it the most dramatic legislative save in modern history.

2/ The Record-Breaking Standoff

House Republicans staged unprecedented resistance:

• 10-hour vote held open (breaking modern records)
• 13 GOP holdouts initially blocked the bill
• Trump summoned 11 rebels to Oval Office
• Personal intervention secured their votes

3/ The Dollar Dominance Strategy

GENIUS Act creates financial warfare through technology:

• Stablecoins backed 1:1 with US dollars/Treasury bills
• Transactions settle in seconds vs weeks
• Every digital payment strengthens American financial power
• "21st century upgrade" to decades-old system

4/ The BRICS Counterstrike

Trump's tariff threats delivered immediate results:

• 10% tariff on countries "aligning with anti-American BRICS policies"
• Previously threatened 100% tariffs for dollar replacement
• BRICS meeting attendance collapsed: "almost nobody showed up"

5/ The Crypto Industry Transformation

From persecution to partnership in 6 months:

• Biden era: Crypto founders arrested, industry under assault
• Trump Day 1: Fired SEC Chair Gary Gensler (biggest campaign applause)
• Ended Operation Choke Point 2.0
• Pardoned Ross Ulbricht (crypto martyr)

6/ The Economic Impact Scale

@DavidSacks' Treasury projections:

• "Trillions of dollars" in new Treasury demand
• $250 billion stablecoin market now regulated
• Banks/credit unions can issue their own stablecoins
• Strengthens dollar's 58% global reserve dominance

7/ The Industry Validation

Crypto leaders present at signing:

• @brian_armstrong (Coinbase)
• @DavidLRipley (Kraken)
• @jerallaire (Circle)
• Ryan McInerney (Visa)
• @chrispavlovski (Rumble)
• @vladtenev (Robinhood)
• @tyler and @cameron (Gemini)
• @paoloardoino (Tether)

Trump: "You've made our dollar look really good and strong and powerful."

8/ The Technology Revolution

Payment system transformation:

• Current system: Weeks to clear international payments
• New system: Seconds for transaction settlement
• Updates financial backbone "decades out of date"
• Creates new "payment rails" for global economy

9/ The Global Financial Reset

Trump's warning to competing currencies:

"If we lost that [reserve currency status], that would be like losing a world war."

The BRICS threat neutralized:

• Dollar remains world's primary reserve currency
• Digital transactions now flow through US-backed system
• America extends financial dominance into cyberspace

10/ The "Crypto Capital" Strategy

Next legislative priorities announced:

• CLARITY Act for broader crypto market structure
• Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (bans federal digital currency)
• Both heading to Senate after House passage
• Complete regulatory framework by year-end

11/ Why This All Matters

This solves America's long-term financial dominance problem:

• China and BRICS were gaining ground with alternative payment systems
• US financial infrastructure was decades behind technologically
• Now every blockchain transaction strengthens the dollar
• America just made itself the default financial operating system of the internet

Thanks for reading.

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And lastly, thanks to everyone mentioned in this thread for their great work.