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Trump's National Security Strategy Ignores Bitcoin And Blockchain
The U.S. president's latest national security strategy focused on AI, biotech, and quantum computing.
By Omkar Godbole, AI Boost|Edited by Stephen Alpher
Dec 7, 2025, 3:05 p.m.
Trump's national security strategy omits crypto, blockchain. (Library of Congress/Creative Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)
What to know:
- U.S. President Donald Trump's latest national security strategy omits digital assets, focusing instead on AI, biotech, and quantum computing.
- The administration's strategic Bitcoin reserve was created using seized BTC, not new purchases.
U.S. President Donald Trump took office early this year, with at least part of his 2024 election victory thanks to voters who took to heart campaign promises about a crypto-friendly administration.
So far, the Trump administration has indeed taken decisive pro-crypto steps, including signing an executive order rescinding Biden-era policies, establishing the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, and prohibiting a U.S. CBDC. The administration also helped push the GENIUS Act — the first major federal crypto law for stablecoin regulation and dropped several enforcement cases tied to crypto firms.
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Trump also established a strategic bitcoin reserve, though he disappointed some in deciding that the reserve will be funded with seized bitcoin, rather than fresh purchases.
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Digital assets and blockchain technology, however, received zero mention in Trump's latest national security strategy. Instead, artificial intelligence, biotech, and quantum computing are highlighted as keys to U.S. tech leadership.
"We want to ensure that U.S. technology and U.S. standards — particularly in AI, biotech, and quantum computing — drive the world forward," the national security strategy statement released Friday said.
The omission could mean that President Trump and the U.S. establishment as a whole remain reluctant to see crypto as anything beyond just another financial asset rather than something that could give America a strategic edge.
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