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Trump announced the creation of a "strategic crypto reserve" on March 2. Here's how it could function
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President Donald Trump announced the creation of a strategic crypto reserve to include bitcoin, ethereum, XRP , solana , and cardano.
It's unclear how subsidizing demand for cryptocurrency would make the industry more innovative.
Trump campaigned on a crypto stockpile, which would consist of bitcoin already seized and held by the Treasury .
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https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114093526901586124https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/3/3/trump-names-5-cryptocurrencies-for-national-reserve-sending-prices-soaringhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/a-plan-for-establishing-a-united-states-sovereign-wealth-fund/https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/g-s1-51748/trump-crypto-reserve-bitcoin-stockpile-etherhttps://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/17/crypto-money-trump-inauguration-00199088https://home.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/TextView?type=daily_treasury_bill_rates&field_tdr_date_value=2025https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/i-dont-support-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-and-neither-should-youhttps://www.cnn.com/2024/11/17/politics/crypto-industry-donald-trump-reelection/index.htmlhttps://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-introduces-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-legislation/
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