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Homepage > News > Finance > Will Trump’s crypto plans boost or break the US dollar? Crypto bros are hoping that Donald Trump’s second term will continue to boost the BTC token’s fiat value, while others fear that Trump’s desire for a strong U.S. dollar could undermine the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency. While last month’s re-election of Trump to a second term as U.S. president added significant fiat value to the BTC token, many crypto bros won’t be satisfied until Trump makes good on his vow in July to establish a “strategic national [BTC] stockpile.” Trump said the ‘core’ of this stockpile would be the 210,000 BTC tokens seized by the federal government over the years, supplemented by additional BTC the government “acquires into the future” (by unspecified methods). The ’core’ of that plan could be in jeopardy following reports of movement by a digital wallet containing nearly 20,000 BTC tokens seized by the feds a few years ago from an individual linked to the Silk Road darknet marketplace. The nearly $2 billion worth of BTC was transferred to the Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) exchange, suggesting that the feds are either planning to sell or have already sold these tokens to take advantage of BTC’s recent price pump. While the report appears to have contributed to a modest 1% decline in BTC’s price, crypto bros fear a much greater decline should outgoing President Joe Biden order a fire sale of the government’s other 190,000 BTC. Conspiracy theorists also suspect that this is Biden giving a giant middle finger to Trump’s ‘stockpile’ plan. Amid fears that Trump’s ‘stockpile’ plan could be undone should the BTC cupboard be bare by the time he’s sworn into office on January 20, federal politicians like Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) want the government to simply buy 5% of the total 21 million BTC supply. This would be funded by the government selling…

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Filed under: News - @ December 5, 2024 12:18 pm