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Why analysts are divided over Trump’s cryptocurrency reserve announcement
MSN ^ | 03/03/2025 | Utkarsh Roshan

Posted on 03/03/2025 7:45:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Sunday that he had directed his crypto working group to “move forward” with establishing a Crypto Strategic Reserve, which would include Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano.

The announcement triggered a major rally in the cryptocurrency market.

Bitcoin initially surged from around $85,000 to nearly $95,000 before stabilizing at approximately $93,000.

Cardano and XRP also saw substantial gains, rising about 40% and 16%, respectively.

Bitcoin at $500k?

Standard Chartered’s Head of Digital Asset Research, Geoff Kendrick, noted the sharp fluctuations and reaffirmed his long-term bullish outlook on Bitcoin.

He maintained his $500,000 Bitcoin price target, outlining a timeline where BTC could reach $200,000 by the end of 2025, $300,000 in 2026, $400,000 in 2027, and $500,000 by 2028.

Kendrick attributed this forecast to Bitcoin’s increasing role as a global investment asset and a hedge against traditional financial risks.

Kendrick also suggested that Trump’s proposal could lead US states to establish their own Bitcoin reserves, potentially matching the federal government’s estimated 200,000 BTC holdings.

Lawmakers in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming have rejected proposals to establish state-level crypto reserves in recent weeks, pointing to concerns over volatility and risk. According to Bitcoin Laws, 24 states have introduced similar bills.

Not everyone’s convinced of Trump’s crypto reserve

However, investment bank TD Cowen expressed skepticism about the plan, calling it “uncoordinated” and lacking clarity on funding.

The bank’s Washington Research Group, led by Jaret Seiberg, noted that Trump’s original post did not include Bitcoin or Ethereum, raising concerns about its coherence.

Additionally, there was no indication of how the government would finance the acquisition of tokens.

TD Cowen also questioned the significance of calling it a “reserve” rather than a “stockpile,” suggesting it remains unclear whether the government intends to buy crypto assets

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; btc; cryptos; reserve
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1 posted on 03/03/2025 7:45:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

That name—ouch!


2 posted on 03/03/2025 7:48:55 PM PST by Fungi
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To: SeekAndFind

Because they are globalists and have TDS, there answered.


3 posted on 03/03/2025 7:49:12 PM PST by Skwor
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To: SeekAndFind

Divided (confused) is good:-)


4 posted on 03/03/2025 7:50:24 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than saving to WORK like the rest of !US:-))
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To: Fungi

What name?


5 posted on 03/03/2025 7:52:16 PM PST by nwrep
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To: SeekAndFind

When there are things like this that are over my head I always apply a simple rule. I look at those people who I respect and trust and see what their position is.

I look at liberals and Democrats and if they are against any particular issue then I’m all for it


6 posted on 03/03/2025 7:53:15 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why does the US need a Bitcoin reserve? If we take dollars out of the productive economy and park them in Bitcoin, what’s the point? We could give the dollars to banks, who loan money to businesses to create jobs. That’s how the Fed works.
The fact that BTC goes up because greater fools have FOMO just makes the lesser fools richer. I don’t get it.


7 posted on 03/03/2025 7:53:30 PM PST by Dave Wright
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To: SeekAndFind

Its only the Bitcoin maxis, who only want the stockpile to benefit themselves that have a problem. And that type of thinking would put the US in jeopardy for not diversifying. The US petroleum reserve not the “Exxon” reserve, there are at least 9 primary companies with subs providing it. It irritates me seeing some of the media coverage of this; reminds me of when Katie Couric said no one would used email decades ago.


8 posted on 03/03/2025 8:13:11 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Dave Wright

Can you explain in at least a bit of detail the ollowing

..blockchain

...how BTC works at even the most remedial level

..why Fink at Blackrock and Musk and BOA and TD Bank..their heads, are wrong..and most of free Asia...

For that you must look up their reasons for supporting it and refute the reasons.

...so at least we KNOW that you UNDERSTAND what you are calling the product of FOOLS.

Dont be lazy bro.

Your answer was so lazy.

It’s beneath you.

You may convince some or even many.

But not with laziness.


9 posted on 03/03/2025 8:15:55 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Fungi

The announcements seemed like a giant pump and dump. Everything is lower than before the announcement, even though some things were up 60% on Sunday. Lots of people on Twitter are pissed off because some large, leveraged bets were made the day before the announcement. Clearly some insiders knew.


10 posted on 03/03/2025 8:24:07 PM PST by montag813
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To: SeekAndFind

I fear this is a big step towards a cashless society.


11 posted on 03/03/2025 8:25:05 PM PST by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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To: Dave Wright

a so-called bitcoin reserve is a fool’s errand .. bitcoin is an idea about nothing, doesn’t even actually exist, has no ability to generate a dividend or interest, and is worth no more than what a greater fool is willing to pay for it ... it’s mere pseudo-existence is dependent upon massive and constantly growing consumption of energy, the great majority of which is obtained by burning limited fossil fuel reserves ...

it’s also impossible to scale transaction capacity of the bitcoin blockchain, so bitcoin can never be used as a currency and will never be used as economic pricing metric ...

at least gold COULD be used as a currency and does in fact have industrial and aesthetic value ...


12 posted on 03/03/2025 8:30:47 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: volare737

“I fear this is a big step towards a cashless society.”

not really: bitcoin is useless as a currency, and besides we already have a digital dollar: it’s called the dollar, and all but a minuscule quantity of financial transactions conducted in dollars are digital ...


13 posted on 03/03/2025 8:33:01 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: montag813

” Clearly some insiders knew.”

the insiders always know, because almost ALL bitcoins are held by a very small number of so-called whales who can manipulate the price of bitcoins at their whim ...


14 posted on 03/03/2025 8:34:18 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: volare737
Cash is not going away, that is until the government makes it worthless. Commodities are not going away. If anything, they will tokenize all of this allowing people economic mobility.

However, your fears are VERY real. Dictators and oligarchs, will control your access to assets if they can, they have already started doing this with debanking and Operation Chokepoint under Obummer and Biden.

15 posted on 03/03/2025 8:34:35 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: SeekAndFind

The ATM scares me.


16 posted on 03/03/2025 10:40:49 PM PST by NoLibZone (Scary that a party can "run" a candidate that doesn't feel any need to campaign.)
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To: KC_Conspirator; Liz; bitt

Should President Trump countermand EO 14067? (done under Resident Democrat Joe Biden)


[A US government CBDC ( cashless)]

This commercial says it was signed by EO 14067 by Democrat Joe Biden in 2022 - surprisingly, YouTube kept recommending this and I finally watched it way back


Biden’s EO 14067

This video is actually worth watching the portion I recommend - this ain’t going away


Biden already signed EO 14067 March 9, 2022.

The Digital Dollar will save us! Yeah, That’s the ticket!

(worth it to watch just the first 17 minutes - there will be no way to “prosper”, though)

Yes, I recommend watching the first 17 minutes of this video


The Jim Rickards Commercial - Jul 5, 2022

https://youtu.be/fCfzQNhi_ns?t=0

(Google’s YouTube, amazingly, kept popping this up on my recommended playlist on the side - so I finally watched the beginning of it - ignore the sales pitch and watch the first part I recommended above)


17 posted on 03/04/2025 2:55:06 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s $82k today...


18 posted on 03/04/2025 7:21:23 AM PST by Arlis
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To: SaveFerris

I get it. Going to that will make it easier for control freaks to do a “social credit” score on people they dont like, exacctly what China does.


19 posted on 03/04/2025 8:28:29 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator

Yep


20 posted on 03/04/2025 8:42:48 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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