US Bitcoin reserve marks ‘real step’ toward global financial integration

President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile, marking the first major step toward integrating Bitcoin into the US financial system.

Trump’s executive order outlined a plan to initially use cryptocurrency forfeited in government criminal cases, Cointelegraph reported on March 7.

As one of the crypto industry’s most widely-anticipated moves, the Strategic Bitcoin (BTC) Reserve marks the first “real step” for Bitcoin’s integration into the global financial system, according…