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218 U.S. creates strategic bitcoin reserve worth $17 billion

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Firstpost @ Firstpost Tech 2 place · 03/16/2025 02:01 EDT

U.S. creates strategic bitcoin reserve worth $17 billion

Trump issued an executive order establishing the reserve earlier this month, comparing it to "a digital Fort Knox" and the stockpiling of gold bars at the US military facility

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