US President Donald Trump signed a decree of March 6 by establishing the so-called “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a stock of American digital assets”. According to the cryptography of the White House, the Tsar David Sacks, this decision aims to prevent losses of premature bitcoin sales – which cost us taxpayers $ 17 billion.
By holding Bitcoin confiscated instead of selling, the government seeks to maximize value and improve surveillance. This decision is aligned with Trump's declared vision to make the United States the “cryptographic capital of the world”.
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Surge crypto prices after the announcement
The decree intervened only a few days after Trump announced the first five cryptocurrencies that form the reserve: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Solana and Cardano. Bitcoin and Ethereum are the two largest cryptocurrencies in the world by market value. In the hours following Trump's announcement on social networks, prices have skyrocketed:
- Ripple (XRP): + 32%
- Solana (sun): + 23%
- Cardano (there): + 63%
However, the initial confusion broke out because Trump did not mention Bitcoin or Ethereum in his article, causing speculation on social networks. About an hour later, he published a follow -up declaration to clarify their inclusion, leading Bitcoin and Ethereum to experience price jumps:
- Bitcoin (BTC): + 11%
- Ethereum (ETH): + 13%
The sharp increase has been a positive turnaround for the wider market of cryptography, which had lost $ 800 billion of total value in recent weeks, according to the Financial time. Nevertheless, after Sacks declared that the reserve will not cost taxpayers a penny “, which implies that the The government will not sell BitcoinIts price fell by more than 5%.
Experts question strategic value
Analysts express skepticism about the inclusion of alternative cryptocurrencies like Ripple, Solana and Cardano.
“Unlike Bitcoin … These assets are more like technological investments,” said the research manager at Asset Manager Consthares James Butterfill told Reuters. “The announcement suggests a more patriotic position towards the wider crypto technological space, with little consideration for the fundamental qualities of these assets.”
In addition, the fact that the US government does not acquire additional assets for digital asset stocks “beyond those obtained through confiscation procedures” has disappointed some cryptography enthusiasts.
“No active purchase means that it is only a title of fantasy for Bitcoin Holdings which already existed with the government,” said Charles Edwards of Capriole Bitcoin Hedge Fund Posted on X.
With regard to the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, the Treasury “will develop neutral budgetary strategies to acquire additional bitcoin, provided that these strategies impose any additional cost on American taxpayers”. This means that no US dollar will be exchanged for crypto, but also leaves the door open for alternative approaches that could have an impact on the market.
Trump crypto reserve vision: month in manufacturing
During the announcement of cryptocurrencies that will be included in the Truth Social reserve, Trump said that he will “ensure that the United States is the capital of world cryptography”. It is a vision that he has been pushing for some time. He first presented the idea of a Crypto national reserve at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, while being on the campaign track, and is committed to “maintaining 100% of all the bitcoin that the US government is currently holding or acquiring in the future”, referring to that seized by the application of the law.
According to Sacks, the United States is currently holding around 200,000 Bitcoin, the equivalent of $ 18 billion, the majority having been seized with criminals. Normally, these assets would be sold to support laws on the law and would compensate victims rather than form a stock.
Shortly after taking office, he signed a executive decree This would create a working group which “would evaluate the potential creation and maintenance of a national stock of digital assets … potentially derived from cryptocurrencies legally seized by the federal government thanks to its efforts to apply the law”.
