What to know about Trump’s plan ‘Cripto Strategic Reserve’: eg

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President Trump announced plans for “crypto strategic reserve”, which would set the United States to buy and sell cryptocurstity and it could be Game games for industry.

On posts on the truth Social Sunday, Trump said The reserve was in operation within its executive order for digital property issued in January. He said that the reserve was handed over five cryptocurries – Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana and Cardano.

Reserve prospects is the main step in Trump vision to establish American capital as the Crypto capital – which was one of his promises during his Offer for President Last year.

Here’s what I know.

US already have strategic stocks of other property

US already has several strategic stocks including military and medical equipment. The idea is that the government can touch these special cells in times of need.

Stockpiles and the reserves are sometimes used alternately, but the reserve often refers to the government to play a role in asset management than supplies. Significantly, Trump’s Executive Order in January He founded a working group for evaluation of stock creation, but does not apply to the reserve.

The maintenance of the federal reserve would probably mean that the government will actively buy and sell cryptocurstity. While supporters say crypto wages could be used to reduce the big debt of the nation, critics claim that the crypto is a historical volatile and speculative investment.

Esvar Prasad, Professor of Commercial Policies at Cornell University who wrote a book The future of money about digital currencies, he said they had precedent now holding the stock Speculative assets: Gold. Some sent themselves in Bitcoin as “digital gold”.

But unlike digital property, gold has some internal value, and now not a key player in the Golden Market, according to piglets.

“Bitcoin is a relatively new property and given that the type of amounts they speak, you know, (US) would become a very important player in that market,” he said. “So the difference is subtle, but it’s important.”

The reserve would maintain five types of cryptocurca

They are considered to hold us 200,000 Token Bitcoin of criminal seizures. Monday, it acts on more than 17 billion dollars worth, according to the coin stock exchange.

With a reservation, these farms could be expanded and holding an ether, as well as three lesser-known cryptocurrency – KSRP, Solana and Cardano.

Bitcoin is the oldest, most valuable and most popular cryptocurration in the market. In the market capitalization, Etar is another, with the KSRP fourth, Solana in Sixth and Cardan in the eighth, according to Coinmarketcap.com.

The announcement of the president led to significant spikes on Sunday on Sunday of all five cryptocurries, followed by a follow-up day.

Some prominent Crypto Backers said they oppose to create a reservation using a property that is not Bitcoin. CEO Coinbase Brian Armstrong he said on x: “Only Bitcoin would probably be the best option – the simplest and clear story as a goddess of gold.”

Senator account made the federal strategic reserve could work

Trump has not published more details on plans for crypto strategic reserves. But a few suggestions are the present that it might look.

Last year, Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis from Vioming introduced an account to establish Strategic Reserve Bitcoin, direction of buying a million Bitcoin – worth more than $ 86 billion in today’s prices – for five years.

In December, the Bitcoin Institute, which promotes Bitcoin, prepared The proposal for now-Treasury Secretary Scott Bossent that it was similar to approved by the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve reached a million bitcoin.

Prasad, Professor Cornell, raised concern that such a reserve could put a federal government into a tricky relationship, where she would become a main player on the crypto market and greatly influence the price of property. Prasad added that if the government tried to liquidate his digital property in order to cut in a long time, it could fall.

“So, in the sense, the government would arrive that not only has only an evaporative value, but where he plays a very large role in determining the price. And essentially he would be locked into the farm,” he would say that.

Bitcoin Institute has overturn This while the bitcoin price currently experienced fluctuations, the long term would be a tool for “financial resistance” for the federal government.

“While Bitcoin matures and its market deepens, its volatility will probably be reduced, which is more stable as a value store,” the group said.

Trump has to do with Crypto and has highlighted supporters in the industry

Though Trump once criticized CriptoCalling it “by fraud” and “a potential catastrophe waiting to happen” Back 2021. year, the president now has several connections in the industry.

During last year’s campaign, Trump received millions of dollars in donations of the crypto investor and the founder. He spoke in Bitcoin Conference last summer.

A few days before his inauguration, Trump also published CRIPTO “MEME COIN”, known as $ trump. It is unclear how much the token increased Trump’s net worth, but signaled his willingness to accept the crypt as he headed to the office.

Trump and its three sons are also included in cryptocurrency, world freedom of financial, which sells its own token.

NPR’s Rafael contributed to us by reporting.