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Trump signed a raft of executive orders on his first day in office on Jan. 20, but as of yet, none of them have addressed crypto assets or policy.

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The lack of crypto-related executive orders from President Donald Trump on his first day back in office has worried the crypto community. Still, many are hopeful that action is yet to come.

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The decision sparked a backlash from the tech industry over concerns that it would stifle innovation and undermine America’s leadership in the sector.

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United States Treasury officials told lawmakers in a Dec. 30 letter that they were informed of the “major incident” by third-party software service provider BeyondTrust on Dec. 8, according to reports.

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The Chinese government denied responsibility after a threat actor breached employee workstations at the US Treasury earlier this month, gaining remote access to certain “unclassified” documents.

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Lindner said that he had not heard a discussion about a crypto-friendly policy being implemented in the US, and how Germany could also gain the advantages that Bitcoin could bring. The ex-finance minister described this as a “failure,” emphasizing that they are missing out on this opportunity.

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Christian Lindner, Germany’s former finance minister and leader of the FDP, criticized the German government for missing crypto opportunities and innovations.

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The FDP’s platform for the 2025 elections supports the use of distributed ledger technology and suggests the European Central Bank and the German Bundesbank consider Bitcoin to strengthen the resilience of the European monetary system.

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Similarly, in Germany, the Free Democratic Party (FDP) has expressed openness to adopting Bitcoin as a reserve asset.

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Bitcoin proponents like Strike CEO Jack Mallers say that Trump may issue an executive order designating Bitcoin as a reserve asset for the US.

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Jiexhuang also noted the market impact of the January approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs by the United States, which has bolstered institutional adoption. He also said that US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to make Bitcoin a strategic reserve asset could impact traditional markets.

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On Dec. 30, Wu Jiexhuang, a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, proposed adding Bitcoin to its national reserves for financial stability. Jiexhuang pointed to smaller nations like El Salvador and Bhutan, which have already adopted Bitcoin reserves, as examples for Hong Kong to follow.

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While the ETF issuer did not provide details on which countries may adopt Bitcoin reserves, Franklin Templeton expects a “shift from speculation to utility” in 2025. The company said crypto’s foundational technologies will become integral to global financial systems next year.

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In crypto, we see this level of fraud regularly, enabled by exchanges hiding behind VASP registrations or e-money provider status like it’s some kind of shield.

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Perhaps more importantly, when things do go wrong in traditional markets, investors get repaid first.

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Traditional finance isn’t perfect. In fact, it’s far from it. But try pulling off a pump-and-dump scheme on the New York Stock Exchange. Launch a fake stock, run a bogus initial public offering with made-up financials, and vanish with everyone’s money.

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This approach is not the path to mainstream adoption. Rather, it’s a recipe for keeping crypto on the fringes of finance.

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Let’s be honest about the current state of crypto trading. Memecoins are marketed like lottery tickets. Influencers shill tokens without disclosing payments. Exchanges hide behind VASP registrations while allowing manipulated markets to operate.

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FTX’s collapse exposed the fundamental dangers of exchanges that try to be everything to everyone — marketplace, custodian, market maker, token issuer, etc. — while operating with minimal regulatory oversight. Billions in client assets vanished because the industry accepted the fiction that basic broker-dealer regulations somehow don’t apply to crypto.

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For anyone paying attention, this isn’t just another headline about mergers and acquisitions in crypto — it is the validation of something pretty obvious. You can’t protect retail investors with just a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license and some nice-looking compliance policies.

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