GM. This is Milk Road, the newsletter that’s as comforting as the other side of the pillow.
Here’s what we got for you today:
- ✍️ 3 catalysts brewing for XRP
- ✍️ Different ways to take profit in the short-term
- 🎙️ The Milk Road Show: This Is How Crypto Replaces Banks: Cards, Stablecoins & Onchain Accounts w/ Itamar Lesuisse
- 🍪 Prediction markets are killing it
Fuse is a $300M ARR energy company launching The Energy Network on Solana. Discover the future of energy now.
Prices as of 2:00 PM ET. Trade today with Milk Road Swap.

3 CATALYSTS BREWING FOR XRP 👀
More often than not, we get feedback like this from our readers:

So to quench the XRP thirst, here are 3 catalysts we’re seeing for Ripple right now:
1/ RLUSD just surpassed $1B in market cap
ICYMI, RLUSD is Ripple’s stablecoin that’s gaining a lot of traction of late.
Launched on December 17th 2024, RLUSD has surpassed $1B in market cap in less than a year.

2/ Institutions are getting interested in RLUSD
Big surprise: Abu Dhabi now allows licensed firms to use RLUSD inside its financial zone.
Even bigger surprise: RLUSD can now be used as collateral while lending/borrowing assets.
3/ XRP is trading well above its support line
Despite the rough market over the past two months, XRP has still managed to stay above its key support line.
It did briefly drop below it twice since October 10th but each time it snapped right back.
As long as XRP holds that support, a breakout is firmly on the table.

We’ve always believed XRP had the pumpamentals… but the fundamentals were harder to find.
After the launch of RLUSD, we’re finally seeing the fundamentals catch up.
Now to the most important bit. 👇
Dear @EveryoneWhoSh*tsOnUsForNotWritingAboutXRP, hope this article helps to show that we don’t fully ignore XRP here.
A NEW FOUNDATION FOR THE GRID
Is this the most legit energy company to ever enter crypto?
Fuse is a $300M ARR UK utility powering 200,000+ homes - and now it’s launching The Energy Network, a new digital layer engineered to scale our grids and save billions in costs.
It’s one of the only three projects to receive a no-action letter in the past 5 years (and yeah, that’s a pretty big deal).
It’s real infrastructure, not speculation - connecting homes and devices to make power smarter, cheaper, and more efficient.
One of the highest-revenue DePIN projects in crypto - and it’s still pre-launch.

HOW TO TAKE PROFIT IN THE SHORT-TERM 💰
My uncle Steve kept saying this to me during Thanksgiving dinner last night:
“Why didn’t you take some profit when Bitcoin rose to $125K???”
Well, because we at Milk Road take the long-term approach to investing. No selling until Kyle buys each employee a Bugatti.

But we also get it. Not everyone wants to hold their losses through every pullback. Some of you want a quick exit to take that vacation to Hawaii.
So if we had to think about taking profit on the next big pump (aka Secure the Hawaii Trip), here are two ways we’d do it:
Technique #1: Trimming
Whenever something rises way too much, way too quick, it’s bound to come back down.
Trimming lets you lock in gains while staying in the trade.
Here’s how it works:
- Target 1: Sell 33-50% of the position when you hit a modest profit target.
- Target 2: Sell another 25% if the price hits the next target.
- Target 3: Leave the final portion (the "moon bag") to ride until the trend clearly breaks.
Technique #2: House Money
Once your position is way up, you sell exactly enough to fully recover your initial investment.
Everything left in the position now becomes “house money”.
You’re now playing with profits, not your principal.
If you're looking for more specific thoughts on the recent downturn, and WHY we are holding through all of this, our NOPs (nerd on payroll) spoke about it extensively in our most recent AMA. 👇
If you’re not PRO yet, you won’t be able to watch that video.
Lucky for you, we’ve got something waiting for you in the next section. 👇

YES, IT’S BLACK FRIDAY 🥛
But you won’t catch us lining up outside Best Buy this year. We’re too busy running our 40% off PRO All Access offer.
ICYMI, that includes:
- Crypto PRO (Cycle Indicators, AMAs and PRO Reports).
- Macro PRO (live AMAs, PRO research).
- Full access to our personal portfolio (so you can see exactly how we’re allocating across 14 tickers).
- FREE access to our Investing Masterclass (worth $499) when you choose the annual plan.
- Aaaand, the pièce de résistance, the cherry on top, the… mamma mia of market intel: AI PRO. Dropping in just a few weeks and automatically included in an All Access subscription.
All this for 40% ‘til Monday at midnight. Feels illegal. But it’s not.
PS. Not quite ready to dive in head first just yet? Crypto PRO is also discounted. You can grab a 30% discount ‘til Monday too.

BITE-SIZED COOKIES FOR THE ROAD 🍪
We’ve just revamped our guide on how to borrow crypto. (Spoiler alert: We think Ledn is the best to go about it).*
BitMine buys ETH (again). It now holds over 3% of Ethereum’s total supply.
Is it time to buy COIN again? Cathie Wood and Ark Invest definitely believe so as they just bought $16.5M of Coinbase stock.
Prediction markets are killing it. Kalshi currently has a valuation of $11B while Polymarket’s is rumored to rise to $15B.
Holy sh*t, are we bullish on web3 gaming again? The handheld SuiPlay0X1 is making us seriously rethink our stance.*
*this is sponsored content.

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