US President Donald Trump is convening a historic crypto summit at the White House, welcoming cryptocurrency executives and investors. Trump recently signed an executive order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve funded through seized cryptocurrency assets, indicating a significant policy shift aimed at boosting the US's cryptocurrency sector. Trump aims to make the US a global crypto leader.
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