{"id":38209,"date":"2025-07-22T17:17:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38209"},"modified":"2025-07-22T17:17:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:17:45","slug":"max-keiser-blasts-trumps-2b-bitcoin-play-hes-front-running-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38209","title":{"rendered":"Max Keiser Blasts Trump\u2019s $2B Bitcoin Play: \u2018He\u2019s Front Running Americans\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bitcoin veteran Max Keiser has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of \u201cfrontrunning Americans\u201d after one of his companies acquired a massive $2 billion worth of BTC on Monday.<\/p>\n

Keiser, long known for his bombastic takes and early Bitcoin evangelism, labeled Trump\u2019s move \u201cThe Great Bifurcation,\u201d implying the president was making sure to fill his own pockets before the U.S. reserve fund acquires any BTC.<\/p>\n

The $2B Bet and the \u201cFront-Running\u201d Allegation<\/h2>\n

On July 21, Trump Media,\u00a0the operator of the Truth Social app,\u00a0confirmed<\/a> spending $2 billion to purchase BTC and Bitcoin-related securities as part of a previously announced Bitcoin<\/span>\u00a0treasury strategy.<\/p>\n

It did not go unnoticed that the acquisition came soon after the president signed a landmark crypto legislation, the GENIUS Act, which will regulate the stablecoin sector in the United States.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the year, Trump also issued<\/a> an executive order laying the groundwork for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to be stocked with BTC forfeited to the government as part of criminal or civil proceedings. In addition, he asked the Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce to find \u201cbudget-neutral\u201d ways for acquiring additional Bitcoin, including open-market purchases.<\/p>\n

There has been no public reporting on the matter since, with most of the momentum seen at the state level as several of them introduced legislation to introduce their own crypto reserves.<\/p>\n

Corporations have also been on a buying spree. Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy leads the pack, with its latest 6,220 BTC buy<\/a> taking its stash to 607,770.<\/p>\n

However, Trump Media\u2019s foray into the market drew fire from Keiser, who also advises El Salvador president Nayib Bukele on the Central American country\u2019s BTC plan. The former media personality reacted<\/a> to the news of the $2 billion purchase, saying:<\/p>\n

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\u201cBefore buying any for the reserve fund, DT is front running Americans and buying Bitcoin for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Keiser\u2019s accusation suggests Trump is using his position to personally benefit from a potential future surge in BTC\u2019s price when the official U.S. national Strategic Bitcoin Reserve starts acquiring the asset.<\/p>\n

Community Reaction<\/h2>\n

Reactions from the rest of the community were polarized; users like pseudonymous analyst Bitcoin Munger also implied impropriety on the president\u2019s part, saying: \u201cFirst the family loads up, then the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others defended the billionaire politician, with some suggesting he was only \u201cleading by example\u201d and showing confidence in the crypto asset before sinking billions of taxpayer dollars into it.<\/p>\n

The furor notwithstanding, BTC has kept on motoring just fine. At the time of this writing, it was trading at around $119,313, slightly over 3% shy of its recent all-time high of $123,091, per CoinMarketCap.<\/p>\n

Over the past month, it has surged 16.2%, with a 9.5% gain in the past two weeks. However, a modest 1.7% uptick in the last seven days means it has underperformed the global crypto market, which is up 5.90% in that period.<\/p>\n

The post Max Keiser Blasts Trump\u2019s $2B Bitcoin Play: \u2018He\u2019s Front Running Americans\u2019<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin veteran Max Keiser has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of \u201cfrontrunning Americans\u201d after one of his companies acquired a massive $2 billion worth of BTC on Monday. Keiser, long known for his bombastic takes and early Bitcoin evangelism, labeled Trump\u2019s move \u201cThe Great Bifurcation,\u201d implying the president was making sure to fill his own […]<\/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-38209","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\/38209","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=38209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}