“From at the present time on, America will observe the rule that everybody in Bitcoin is aware of very properly — by no means promote your Bitcoin.” -President Donald Trump, 3/7/25 at inaugural White Home Crypto Summit
The President of the USA is now reciting well-liked Bitcoin maxims as they pertain to America’s bitcoin stack.
Wild.
It’s clear that he’s gotten the message that bitcoin is one thing altogether completely different than all different digital property.
He’s confirmed this not solely by what he mentioned at immediately’s Crypto Summit, but in addition by signing an government order (EO) final night time that established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) independently of a Digital Asset stockpile.
The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Concerning the SBR, the President mentioned immediately that the U.S. plans to carry onto the bitcoin it has in its possession, in contrast to earlier administrations who’ve bought huge sums of it.
“Sadly, lately, the U.S. authorities has foolishly bought tens of 1000’s of bitcoin (200,000, by some estimates) that had been value billions and billions of {dollars} had they not bought them,” mentioned President Trump.
That mentioned, the President additionally shared that members of his administration will pursue avenues to build up bitcoin — at no expense to the American public.
“The Treasury and Commerce departments will discover new pathways to build up extra bitcoin holdings for the reserve, supplied it’s achieved without charge to the taxpayers,” he mentioned.
“We don’t need any price to the taxpayers,” he reiterated, highlighting the notion that the U.S. authorities plans to amass bitcoin in a “budget-neutral” (to borrow language from final night time’s EO) method.
Attendees
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had been current on the summit alongside roughly 30 distinguished members of the Bitcoin and crypto trade, together with Technique Govt Chairman Michael Saylor, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and BTC Inc. CEO David Bailey.
Different members of the Trump administration, together with head of Small Enterprise Administration Kelly Loeffler and White Home Crypto Czar David Sacks, had been additionally in attendance.
Each Sacks and Loeffler praised the tempo at which Trump is making progress with Bitcoin and crypto government orders and laws.
“Your administration is shifting at tech [startup] velocity,” mentioned Sacks.
“It’s truly sooner than any startup that I’ve been a part of,” added the enterprise capitalist, well-known for investing in lots of tech startups over the course of his profession.
Secretary Lutnick vouched for President Trump’s newfound Bitcoin and crypto data, including that the President has really come to embrace the expertise.
“Blockchain and Bitcoin expertise are a key a part of [the President’s] pondering,” mentioned Lutnick.
“We’re utilizing blockchain. We’re utilizing Bitcoin. We’re going to make use of digital property to [push] ahead, and Donald Trump is main the way in which,” he added.
Stablecoins As Cash, Bitcoin As Retailer Of Worth
Now, earlier than you go and get too enthusiastic about Secretary Lutnick speaking about “utilizing” bitcoin, please know that with all of the bullish bitcoin discuss on the occasion, not a phrase of bitcoin getting used as cash was uttered. As an alternative, it was solely known as a financial savings expertise.
So far as digital property that the administration views as cash, stablecoins stand alone.
And Secretary Bessent bolstered this message, most just lately pushed at each the primary U.S. Press Convention on Digital Property and the primary Subcommittee on Digital Property listening to, on the summit.
“We’re going to put a whole lot of thought into the stablecoin regime,” mentioned Secretary Bessent. “And as President Trump has directed, we’re going to preserve the U.S. [dollar] the dominant reserve forex on the planet, and we’ll use stablecoins to do this.”
(And earlier than you go cursing Secretary Bessent underneath your breath as you learn this, please word that he additionally dropped a fully banger of a pro-bitcoin one-liner on the occasion: “President Trump is creating property for the American individuals whereas most previous presidents have created debt.”)
What Wasn’t Mentioned
What’s extra, on a summit preview name with senior White Home officers this morning, one of many officers dispelled the rumor that the administration would take away the capital positive aspects tax from crypto gross sales (which can be relevant if you spend bitcoin or crypto), clearly stating that the administration has no plans to do that and that the subject wouldn’t even be broached on the summit. (It wasn’t.)
One thing else that wasn’t mentioned on the summit was whether or not or not the U.S. Marshalls have supplied the Trump administration with a correct audit of the bitcoin and different digital property of their custody (final it was reported, they apparently have little concept of what they’re holding). Additionally unmentioned was how the federal government plans to safe the non-public keys to the bitcoin it retains within the SBR. (I deliberate to inquire concerning the latter, however the members of the press current on the occasion weren’t permitted to ask questions.)
However let’s not get misplaced in a few of the presently minor particulars right here.
It Was A Good Day
As an alternative, let’s take a queue from Brian Armstrong, and acknowledge that immediately was, by many requirements, an excellent day.
“It was a fairly historic second for the crypto trade,” Armstrong advised Bitcoin Journal after the summit had concluded.
“President Trump actually breathed life again into this trade. A number of years in the past, it felt like we had been underneath assault, and a few of us tried to unlawfully kill the entire trade. What a sea change to be invited into the White Home and to have probably the most pro-crypto president ever,” he added.
Armstrong additionally famous that, subsequent, he desires to see laws handed to assist make concrete a few of the optimistic Bitcoin and crypto initiatives set in movement underneath the Trump administration.
“Congress is making actually good progress on this with stablecoin and market construction laws, and hopefully codifying this Strategic Bitcoin Reserve finally, as properly.”
