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Today, I want to talk about crypto. The crypto market has recently seen many updates, including President Trump's decision to implement a crypto strategic reserve for the federal government. I also want to dive deeper into crypto since we haven’t covered it in Friday Finance yet. We touched on crypto in "A New Look at 2024: The Financial Summary of 2024." We noted that crypto was increasing significantly and that it is expected to rise even more in 2025. This will likely boost crypto, as the president supports promoting it and establishing strategic reserves.
Crypto prices surged after President Trump announced that he would put five cryptocurrencies into strategic reserve in the federal government: Bitcoin, Ether, and three other small tokens. “A U.S. Crypto Reserve will elevate this critical industry after years of corrupt attacks by the Biden Administration.” President Trump stated on a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Trump also is claiming that he plans to make the US the “crypto capital of the world”. Trump’s plan for the crypto strategic reserve will most likely include Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, Ripple-Linked XRP, and Cardano. Some of these coins have been there for a long time, like bitcoin and ether, but the newer ones are a lot riskier. Having these as strategic reserves could either help the government raise funds or possibly sink deeper into debt.
The question remains on how this type of reserve would be created, how much funds this so-called reserve would include, and the structure and organization of this reserve. On Sunday afternoon, Bitcoin rose 9% in the last 24 hours and was at 93,000 in value. Ether went to $2,500 with an increase of 11%. Solana got to $169 with an increase of an incredible 20%. Cardano rose to $1.02 after an increase of 60%.
President Trump has brought up the idea of a national Bitcoin stockpile. Trump is in the process of creating a strategic reserve for the federal government with crypto. Trump has embraced and made promises to the crypto industry about having a strategic reserve. This has influenced the crypto industry surging as President Trump came into office.
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There are a lot of different ideas people may have about this. As crypto become popular in the times between 2013 and 2017. Although, after the COVID-19 pandemic, crypto began to spike. As we came into 2025, we have seen Bitcoin and other coins rise in value significantly.
Some investors suggest that one way to build a strategic reserve is for Uncle Sam to keep its stash of Bitcoin seized from cybercriminals and darknet markets. The U.S. government currently holds over 180,000 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $18 billion. In the past, the government has used seized coins to reimburse people after they have been victims of a cybercrime or similar.
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Additionally, the government has seized other coins than Bitcoin. But these other coins have not been as closely tracked or watched as the other coins. These other seized coins are not closely tracked by researchers, as the reserves are nowhere close to the amount of Bitcoin.
President Trump has promised to speak about the future of crypto at the first-ever White House Crypto Summit today. This is also expected to be significant for the crypto market. The summit will be chaired by Trump AI and crypto czar David Sacks, along with investors and founders who want to learn more about crypto and the strategic reserve that President Trump is going to set up soon. I will update you with more information when the reserve has new updates and there are more changes to the crypto market.
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Jacob Gans
Friday Finance