Wow! It seems people are having really high hopes on Trump! He appears to have become a massiah like figure for the crypto community. But believing a politician is probably the last thing you should do.

Lets use this thread to track the progress he makes during his tenure on the promises. It will be fun to see and also serves as a single source of truth. Let's do it!

Well, we'll just have to wait and see if Trump really keeps all those promises he made.  I mean, some of them sound easier to pull off than others. One that stuck out to me was his random promise to pardon Ross Ulbricht on day one. I gotta say that seems kinda random for a new president to prioritize.  But hey, maybe Trump really cares that much about bitcoin heroes... Or maybe it just sounded good at the time and he'll totally blow it off once he's actually in office. I dont know.  I guess we'll find out soon enough if Trump was all talk or if President Trump actually walks the walk.

I believe that was people around him, that talked him into it. He has proven to know next to nothing about bitcoin, and I imagine from Ross Ulbricht he knew the same. What he has is a bunch of people around him who are into it, starting with the VP, continuing with RFK Jr. and a bunch of other people. In the end I think he will get a better understanding of things but when he went to the Nashville conference you could tell he was very green on the subject.

I don't know exactly how the pardon system works in the US, but I read that Ross got 2 life sentences + 40 years. This was done on purpose so that he would serve a minimum of 40 years in prison. And rightly so, a drug dealer should not be free. So maybe 1 or 2 life sentences will be removed from the prison term.

https://x.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/1855002915414417720
"There is a legitimate feeling in Washington DC and across the states that a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is not only possible, but an inevitability.
The calls and texts I am having with Senators and Representatives across the USA have me irrationally bullish.

I'm shocked at the bitcoin price, but I still don't understand who is paying for this banquet. And I was betting on the growth of altcoin price.
If we compare the US with Russia, the US has local crypto exchanges, there are laws, there are practices, there are many guidelines for paying taxes and the US is leading in bitcoin mining.
Russia ranks second in the world in mining, but the legal framework is still being formed.
If the authorities finally give a clear explanation of what in the US is a share in the crypto market and what is a utility token, many projects will return or new ones will appear.

Hey, zasad@, I think you need to update the OP. He's already banned CBDCs and I think a couple of points more could be marked as done, like protect the right to mine and self-store cryptocurrency.

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/strengthening-american-leadership-in-digital-financial-technology/

The banning of CBDCs seems to me to be extremely important, although I see that it is not being talked about much on the forum.

"The first 30 days of Trump's presidency have brought remarkable changes in cryptocurrency.

1. the SEC is changing leadership and changing its approach to cryptocurrencies.
2. The SEC's Task Force on Cryptocurrency Policy, led by Commissioner Hester Pearce.
3. Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht receives a pardon.
4. Trump creates a cryptocurrency task force led by cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence czar David Sachs.
5. The US Senate confirms a pro-cryptocurrency US Treasury Secretary.
6. The president nominates Brian Quintenz of a16z as the new CFTC chairman.
7. DOGE will try its hand at the SEC.
8. The Senate confirmed cryptocurrency advocate Howard Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/timeline-trump-s-first-30-days-bring-remarkable-change-for-crypto/ar-AA1znkLI
https://www.wtkr.com/politics/president-trumps-first-100-days/president-trumps-first-30-days-rapid-government-changes-and-controversial-actions

There is something missing on the list, and it is that he would create a shit memecoin and people who buy it will lose their money, that was not on the list because he didn't tell us that part during the presidential campaign, lol. I believe the biggest one that a lot of people are waiting for is the promise of a BTC strategic reserve, and we will wait and see if that happens or not.

Do you know the difference between Biden and Donald? The first is a sick man who can't be blamed if he says something and doesn't remember it the next day, while the second one knowingly lies because he knows that most people in this world won't dare tell him they're lying because he's a dangerous sheriff who shoots first and asks questions later.

I haven't found any information on how much money he and his wife made from their meme coins, but it's certainly not a small amount. As for all other promises, I think the president and his group of clowns are currently busy causing chaos wherever possible - and if the day is known by the morning, then I would not hope that we can expect anything good in the coming months/years.

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A conflict of interest might exist with the previous administration, but if the president is a man with 37 confirmed indictments, would anyone expect any law to apply to him? He literally acts like an arrogant sheriff who is above the law, although I believe someone is taking careful note of all this and that some future administration will persecute him for it - although I wouldn't be surprised if he one day seeks political asylum from the man he admires so much.

Further information says that he is also adding BTC and Ethereum to the list. However, i thought that during the campaign we were only hearing about a BTC strategic reserve, now we can safely say it is a cryptocurrency strategic reserve and i would not be surprised if an altcoin gets the larger allocation.
Yeah, it will surely not be a small amount and that is why they did it, to enrich themselves at the expense of some gullible investors.