CNBC: Trump signs executive order for U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
- White House Crypto and AI Czar David Sacks said the reserve will be funded exclusively with bitcoin seized in criminal and civil forfeiture cases, ensuring that taxpayers bear no financial burden.
- The order also establishes a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, managed by the Treasury Department, to hold other confiscated cryptocurrencies.
CNBC: Trump’s Greenland message: U.S. will control it ‘one way or the other’
- President Donald Trump said in his joint address to Congress that the U.S. would assume control of Greenland “one way or the other.”
- “We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we’re working with everybody involved to try and get it,” Trump said.
- Danish officials have firmly rejected previous overtures from Trump about buying the self-governing territory.
Last Updated: 06.Mar.2025 23:51 EST
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