{"id":21328,"date":"2025-02-20T10:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/trump-attributes-bitcoin-highs-to-his-policies\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:20:59","slug":"trump-attributes-bitcoin-highs-to-his-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/trump-attributes-bitcoin-highs-to-his-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Attributes Bitcoin Highs to His Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to make the country a global leader in the cryptocurrency sector. He shared this ambition at the Future Investment Initiative Institute conference in Miami, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/342297\/trump-underscores-committment-to-make-us-the-crypto-capital\">The Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n<cite><em>\u201cBitcoin has set new records because everyone knows I am striving to make America the crypto capital,\u201d<\/em> Trump emphasized.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time of his speech, the price of the leading cryptocurrency stood at $96,700. The <span data-descr=\"all-time high of the indicator\" class=\"old_tooltip\">ATH<\/span> was recorded on January 20 at $108,786, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/bitcoin\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also criticized the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the leadership of <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/gary-genslers-departure-a-retrospective-on-the-sec-chairs-tenure\">Gary Gensler<\/a>. According to the president, the previous policies of the agency were hostile to the industry. He stressed that \u201cthe war on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is now over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Trump has taken several steps to support the industry. Notably, he <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/trump-nominates-paul-atkins-as-sec-chair\">nominated<\/a> Paul Atkins as chairman of the SEC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president also issued an order titled \u201cStrengthening United States Leadership in Digital Financial Technologies.\u201d It includes a ban on all forms of development and promotion of central bank digital currency (CBDC).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on February 20, a company associated with the Trump family, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), spent $125,000 to purchase 547,990 SEI through CoW Protocol (according to <a href=\"https:\/\/intel.arkm.com\/explorer\/tx\/0x6d68131f7509f8095b0a1b29e32b8fcc59ec399e68fba5e3753f5426320d6b7f\">Arkham Research<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Back on January 18, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-to-know-about-donald-trumps-memecoin-surge-supply-and-industry-impact\">launched<\/a> the meme coin TRUMP on the Solana blockchain. On January 19, US First Lady Melania Trump followed her husband&#8217;s example and released <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/melanias-meme-coin-leaves-traders-pining-for-gary-gensler\">MELANIA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to make the country a global leader in the cryptocurrency sector. 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