US Bitcoin reserve marks ‘real step’ toward global financial integration

President Donald Trump’s executive order confirmed that Bitcoin is “no longer an outsider” among global financial assets.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile, marking the first major step toward integrating Bitcoin into the US financial system.

Trump’s executive order outlined a plan to initially use cryptocurrency forfeited in government criminal cases, Cointelegraph reported on March 7.

As one of the crypto industry’s most widely-anticipated moves, the Strategic Bitcoin (BTC) Reserve marks the first “real step” for Bitcoin’s integration into the global financial system, according to Joe Burnett, head of market research at Unchained.

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