Trump signs the order to create a “encryption reserve”
Follow direct updates on the Trump Administration here.President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to create a national escort of bitcoin and other digital currencies, a bold idea that has been widely criticized as a scheme to enrich cryptographic investors.The base of the stock will be a basis of Bitcoin, estimated for a value of $ 17 billion, which the United States have seized in legal cases over the years.The order also provides that federal agencies develop strategies to purchase more bitcoins, the most popular digital currency, provided that these purchases did not generate additional costs for taxpayers."This executive order underlines the commitment of President Trump in making the United States the" Crypto Capital of the World "", said David Sacks, the Tsar of the crypt ...