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Opinion: What’s Next? A Strategic Poker Chips Reserve? A Digital Pokemon Stockpile?

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President Donald Trump created a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile .

Trump 's plan has sparked outrage across the political spectrum from those who actually know how the economy and money work.

Trump and his sons launched “ World Liberty Financial’s ” brokerage that lets the family make money buying and selling crypto.

The normalization of crypto as an investment “asset” is precisely what the financial industry wants.

This week ’s executive order mentions the possibility of further Bitcoin acquisitions if they are “budget neutral” The industry has already greased the skids for legislation that could well put taxpayer money into the pockets of crypto billionaires.