{"id":3625,"date":"2024-12-03T05:01:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T05:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2024-12-03T05:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T05:01:33","slug":"can-your-bitcoin-be-confiscated-if-trump-establishes-a-national-reserve-analyst-says-government-can-employ-carrot-and-stick-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3625","title":{"rendered":"Can Your Bitcoin Be Confiscated If Trump Establishes A National Reserve? Analyst Says Government Can Employ Carrot-And-Stick Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The expectations of a U.S. strategic <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) reserve have skyrocketed following <strong>Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/strong> presidential victory, with the cryptocurrency sector firmly behind the ambitious idea.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/07\/40001426\/trump-aims-to-make-us-crypto-capital-of-the-planet-well-get-it-done\">called for a strategic national Bitcoin stockpile<\/a> at a conference earlier this year, while also advocating against selling state-owned Bitcoin stash.<\/p>\n<p>While nothing concrete has come from Trump since this advocacy, his Republican colleagues, especially Sen. <strong>Cynthia Lummis<\/strong> (R-Wy.), have proposed legislation, called the BITCOIN Act, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/42080839\/cynthia-lummis-says-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-could-take-shape-soon-after-trump-raises-his-hand-and-is-sworn-in\">purchase one million Bitcoins<\/a> over five years.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals connected to the digital assets industry have given a thumbs up to the idea.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The For And Against Debate<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Joe McCann<\/strong>, founder and CEO of cryptocurrency hedge fund <strong>Asymmetric, <\/strong>told Benzinga that the move could position the U.S. as a &#8220;leader in crypto.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McCann said that if the reserve gains more buzz and moves closer to reality, it&#8217;s likely to spur Bitcoin&#8217;s increase significantly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The market is already somewhat anticipating the potential impact, but I don&#8217;t think a lot of people have &#8220;priced in&#8221; the idea that if this were to actually pass [BITCOIN Act], other countries would also want to acquire a percentage &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/24\/12\/42282144\/will-your-bitcoin-holdings-be-at-risk-if-trump-establishes-a-national-reserve-analyst-says-government-can-employ-\" alt=\"Can\" your bitcoin be confiscated if trump establishes a national reserve analyst says government can employ carrot-and-stick policy>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The expectations of a U.S. strategic Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) reserve have skyrocketed following Donald Trump&#8217;s presidential victory, with the cryptocurrency sector firmly behind the ambitious idea. Trump called for a strategic national Bitcoin stockpile at a conference earlier this year, while also advocating against selling state-owned Bitcoin stash. While nothing concrete has come from Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-3625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}