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Story: Trump Hints at Bitcoin’s Role in 4-Million-Child Savings Push

By Bruce Buterin

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Trump Accounts Launched July 4. The accounts went live on July 4 under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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Over $1 Billion in Crypto Earnings Disclosed. Trump's personal stake in all of this isn't subtle. His financial disclosures put earnings from…

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A Pattern of Delayed Crypto Promises. Trump's track record on crypto commitments is real but slow.

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Bitcoin might end up inside America's newest government-backed savings program. President Donald Trump, asked Monday about potentially adding Bitcoin to the newly launched Trump…

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Not a commitment. Not a plan. Just an open door.

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The accounts went live on July 4 under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Every child born between 2025 and 2028 gets a $1,000 Treasury seed deposit automatically.

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Switching out of SPYM is possible, but only into other approved index funds. And that's the wall Bitcoin runs into. Current law limits qualifying investments to U.S.

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So the honest read: Bitcoin in Trump Accounts is probably a 2027 conversation at the earliest, if it ever becomes one at all.

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Trump's personal stake in all of this isn't subtle. His financial disclosures put earnings from family crypto ventures at over $1 billion in 2025.

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He also framed his crypto interest in geopolitical terms, pointing specifically at China. He said watching China's growing footprint in the crypto market pushed him to pay closer…

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Whether that framing is strategic positioning or genuine concern is unclear. Probably both.

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More context: Peter Schiff Goes After MicroStrategy Again as Bitcoin Sale Breaks the Hold Forever Vow

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The administration is also reportedly looking at letting billionaires donate appreciated stocks directly into Trump Accounts for tax benefits.

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Trump's track record on crypto commitments is real but slow. The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is the clearest example — he talked about it, it eventually happened, but it took…

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Bitcoin's reaction to Monday's comments fit that pattern. The price had dipped briefly below $62,000 earlier in the day on unrelated market activity, then recovered.

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