The Trump administration is pumping Bitcoin by printing money

[SatsPH]

The irony of what was supposed to be the most friendly Bitcoin administration by buying Bitcoin and establishing a so called "Bitcoin Strategic Reserve" never happened,

Trumpolini's Bitcoin Reserve plan NEVER said anything about buying BTC. From day-1 it was all about holding seized cryptocurrency vs the previously mandated requirement to periodically auction off seized assets including crypto. That is exactly what they are doing.

But perhaps that's where the trick is? As Americans who voted for him or Bitcoin enthusiast thought that they are going to buy Bitcoin. There were even news that says US are going to convert their gold into BTC itself.

That same plan is what most other countries are following. Let's face it: why buy it when a country already has millions in seized coins and no doubt will be getting more from law enforcement actions?

On the contrary, other countries plan was to buy Bitcoin directly and not established their strategic reserves from seized Bitcoin because not everyone can do it. In any case, going to be interesting how big this so called pump is going to be. In any case, Bitcoin should not pump base on the influence of Trump or anyone. But perhaps with his big influence, at some point he can manipulate it and investors FOMO.

[Dave1]

In any case, this could be the reason why they need to print more money:

WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration looks to spawn drone production lines at home, nearly 100 company representatives and government officials converged on the Eisenhower Executive Office Building today for the first White House Drone Dominance event.

In total, officials from roughly 40 companies gathered next to the White House to hear from an array of government officials including National Security Council Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, and Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler.

“The cavalry arrived here to meet your cavalry in private industry to make sure that we are not drone sufficient, from parity, but drone dominant,” Michael told the audience.

https://breakingdefense.com/2026/08/drone-companies-trump-admin-leaders-meet-for-first-white-house-done-dominance-meeting/

There were even comparison or similarity like in 2024 mid term pump. So we should also be careful, as this might be a trap for everyone. So someone from behind, ehem Baron Trump, pumping and then pulling out the money at the right time.

[shinratensei_]

The irony of what was supposed to be the most friendly Bitcoin administration by buying Bitcoin and establishing a so called "Bitcoin Strategic Reserve" never happened, and instead this administration, no different from any other administration, is being forced to buy back their own debt in order to keep yields from going above 5%. This printing of the money to buy back their own debt is sending the clear signal that money printer is back on.

A lot of people is saying that this isn't quantitative easing and there is no money being printed though, they said the treasury have no authority to do that.
The reason for money printing, if there is any, could be attributed to something else. Moreover, there is no news about the surge of money supply.

[Mate2237]

This proves that the bullish thesis for Bitcoin remains and any noise around it is just used by smarter players to accumulate a lower prices, no matter what the FUD is (hard forks, crypto regulations being against it, and so on). Facts remain: BTC remains the only asset you can truly own that is strictly limited in amount and when measured in USD it will go up on a long enough timeframe.

There is a truth in what you are saying because looking at the way that this whole bitcoin price is going, it obvious that some people are deliberately using the difference in price to make sure that,  they keep accumulating bitcoin at a lower price. I feel that some of these news are strategic in making sure that the  price of bitcoin remains low. Trump only used bitcoin as a campaign strategy in making sure that he wins election because,  looking at how bitcoin has performed under the administration of Trump, Trump has been indifference about his crypto promise.

The Trump administration heard alot of goals from crypto followers in the United States, and by now I expected the Trump administration would have come up with a definite law on crypto currency.  The so called clarity act is still been debated and  is still not clear about what will happen with the future of crypto , when it comes to legal framework about crypto in the part of government.

[Alpha Marine]

By the way, today I listened to an interview with Elon Musk on YouTube. In it, he talked about the catastrophic state of the US national debt. Defense spending is a huge burden on the national budget. 🙋

Elon Musk is a hypocrite. He is part of the people who benefit from that defence spending, or at least his companies are. He gets government contracts and makes a lot of money from it. He can't be criticising a thing while benefiting from that very thing. I've read Elon Musk has received up to $38 billion in public support, so if anybody should be talking about how the US government spends money, it shouldn't be him.

A lot of people is saying that this isn't quantitative easing and there is no money being printed though, they said the treasury have no authority to do that.
The reason for money printing, if there is any, could be attributed to something else. Moreover, there is no news about the surge of money supply.

I don't even know how people arrived at the fact that the US government is printing more money, which is why Bitcoin price is pumping. Nobody has shown any source for this. The only thing I've seen is the report that the US debt has reached $40 trillion.
The US print new notes every working day, from what I understand, but 95% of that goes to replace old notes.
People just love to find a reason for the movement of Bitcoin and most times, they just pick a reason and stick with it.

[KiaKia]

O boy, I was shocked with the Bitcoin pump, I never expected it to be this big, daammnn, what if we never see a new low again? What if 58k was the bottom? To be honest it looks like it.

If later we start coming down which I believe will happen at a point, we might never go under 60k ever again, it makes no single sense to have fold hands all this time and not DCA into Bitcoin.

Many people have already missed the bottom, those who are waiting for 40k will never get it, well played Trump, I started to get worried when every crypto investors I know are all waiting for 48k.

That was when I knew that I will probably not work out.

[Rabata]

Since the war with Iran began, it has been assumed that the US government will soon face financial pressure. Since the amount of the country's federal debt is increasing gradually. I saw in a study that last year in 2025, the US federal national debt was about $37 trillion dollars. In the current 2026, its amount has increased to $40 trillion dollars, that is, in the last one year, the government's debt has increased by about $3 trillion dollars. To keep this debt burden within limits, the government will now have to rely on money printing and ultimately the dollar lost its value. There is nothing the Trump administration can do that will reduce the debt. Moreover, election-related expenses will also increase, so it is clear that printing money is now the main task of the government, which has a direct impact on Bitcoin. But yes, such a sudden movement in Bitcoin price has certainly increased excitement among all Bitcoiners.

[retreat]

The irony of what was supposed to be the most friendly Bitcoin administration by buying Bitcoin and establishing a so called "Bitcoin Strategic Reserve" never happened
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From the beginning, the Trump administration has used Bitcoin solely as a campaign tool. I even doubt that he actually understands what Bitcoin is. What I've seen so far, everything he says is only for his own personal interests. That's why, to this day, their Bitcoin strategic reserve consists solely of the coins they already own, and it will likely remain that way, because it is unlikely that Congress will pass such a thing when they can seize more coins. And I also think Trump will not care about it since he will be finishing his term.

[Faisal2202]

The war on Iran and their effectiveness at counter striking the US targets have put a massive
hold in their defense capabilities and hence has meant more spending on replacements.

It all signals that everyone should be running away from the $ into BTC

I agree, but not that everyone should be running into BTC. They can run into anything, Petrol, stocks, Gold has always been the first choice of investors, but from the looks of BTC, I know for a fact that it has been pumped in a way that we have to understand.

Otherwise, if the printing of the US is the reason, as all of us are agreeing it is, then that's not good in a way that their burning, typically known as QT, could also backfire. But still, I think their involvement is increasing, and to be honest, I have also failed to find the very exact reason for this pump. But I am more sad for one reason, that I sold some at $63k, and the moment I sold, while waiting several days not to, but the moment I did, it started to pump. Man, I am just fed up with BTC now. Every time it does this to me.

[Big Dirams]

O boy, I was shocked with the Bitcoin pump, I never expected it to be this big, daammnn, what if we never see a new low again? What if 58k was the bottom? To be honest it looks like it.

If later we start coming down which I believe will happen at a point, we might never go under 60k ever again, it makes no single sense to have fold hands all this time and not DCA into Bitcoin.

Many people have already missed the bottom, those who are waiting for 40k will never get it, well played Trump, I started to get worried when every crypto investors I know are all waiting for 48k.

That was when I knew that I will probably not work out.

The pumps was absolutely shocking because many people didn’t thought it would go for that highs and most people expect the pumps to cool off since yesterday but eventually it still keep marching and going for more highs.
Trump always have an impact to the cryptocurrency community because always during his news time or upcoming events as soon as he is available then we will see a positive movement from the market.

I guess those who were waiting for $40k to $48k would lost hope already because  with this market pumps right now I don’t think we might be going for such lows any time soon because even the support level of bitcoin right now isn’t that low. I guess right now they will have to shift their expectations to another price point.

From the beginning, the Trump administration has used Bitcoin solely as a campaign tool. I even doubt that he actually understands what Bitcoin is. What I've seen so far, everything he says is only for his own personal interests. That's why, to this day, their Bitcoin strategic reserve consists solely of the coins they already own, and it will likely remain that way, because it is unlikely that Congress will pass such a thing when they can seize more coins. And I also think Trump will not care about it since he will be finishing his term.

Lmao of course president Trump is aware of what bitcoin is and he understands how the system works and that why he make impacts on market pumping during events. Trump owns a bitcoin so you can tell me someone will invest in something he lacks knowledge about especially as a president of United States.

[Mahiyammahi]

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Yes, printing more money will increase the inflation rate a lot. And in this case, people will invest in different places out of fear and to maintain the value of their dollar, and gold, Bitcoin and house property will be at the first level in this investment list. And since Bitcoin is now much down from its ATH, they will take two advantages at the same time, one is that they will invest to maintain the value of their money, on the other hand, since the price of Bitcoin is very low, they will be able to store Bitcoin at a much lower price and in a relatively short time they can get several times the profit from Bitcoin. Because the more investment pressure on Bitcoin increases, the faster its price will increase. And as a result, there will be a lot of positive impact on Bitcoin, some of the results of which are already being seen.

It has one negative side also. By doing scalp like this Bitcoin is getting more volatile day by day. If retail hands don't exist on market than there would be serious manipulation.

On the other hand, paper money will increase day by day but since gold , real estate and bitcoin has limited supply no matter how much money they print they can't just go to the market and say take my money and gimme all bitcoin. Since it has limited supply and limited supply on the market available it's hard to acquire large number of Bitcoin at a steady price

[shinratensei_]

I don't even know how people arrived at the fact that the US government is printing more money, which is why Bitcoin price is pumping. Nobody has shown any source for this. The only thing I've seen is the report that the US debt has reached $40 trillion.
The US print new notes every working day, from what I understand, but 95% of that goes to replace old notes.
People just love to find a reason for the movement of Bitcoin and most times, they just pick a reason and stick with it.

On top of that we're nowhere near 2021 level of printing. Current monetary base YoY change has been negative for 2 years and currently at -4% in june 2026 from the data and even though M2 is higher than before, that was because surge of demand for business loan. No strong data to backup the statement that the administration is printing money just because they want to keep yield below 5%.

[tread93]

The irony of what was supposed to be the most friendly Bitcoin administration by buying Bitcoin and establishing a so called "Bitcoin Strategic Reserve" never happened, and instead this administration, no different from any other administration, is being forced to buy back their own debt in order to keep yields from going above 5%. This printing of the money to buy back their own debt is sending the clear signal that money printer is back on. Bitcoin was the first asset to react and is not above the 200 day moving average, proving that yield curve control will pump BTC to all time highs once the US government is checkmated into doing so.

This proves that the bullish thesis for Bitcoin remains and any noise around it is just used by smarter players to accumulate a lower prices, no matter what the FUD is (hard forks, crypto regulations being against it, and so on). Facts remain: BTC remains the only asset you can truly own that is strictly limited in amount and when measured in USD it will go up on a long enough timeframe.

So true and love this assessment. The printers go brrrr and bitcoin goes up and i gotta say it does feel pretty damn good to look at that number in green again dont it?!

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

BTC remains the only asset you can truly own that is strictly limited in amount and when measured in USD it will go up on a long enough timeframe.

That's why it is a good asset for investment, and like I have always had the opinion that the government doesn't necessarily need to get involved in Bitcoin, with or without their involvement, Bitcoin value will continue to grow over time. Bitcoin is reacting to investors decisions because most people are buying more to hold while traders are also pumping in money to trade for short term profitability, so I don't even like to believe that the influence is caused by the administration of Trump, with what is going on with them, assuming investors  do not react and start buying more Bitcoin or trading with huge volume, the price would still have been consolidating withing $64k and $58k, but investors are able to drive the price far above so many people expectations.

[348Judah]

Sometimes I laugh at what the government is taking as their own decision or regulation against Bitcoin, annoyingly, even though they are helping with the wide spread of its adoption.

Creating more scenarios that point to the fact that Bitcoin is more reserved and needed than Fiat is what they don't realize they are doing, but to them, they are attacking and creating regulations that do not work in line with what the people need, I expect that day see the model with bitcoin network as what the also have to you implement upon the traditional system for everyone to have financial freedom, and also experience an end to inflation, but they wouldn't.

[The Cryptovator]

Not sure what’s been going on exactly, but hearing the sounds that the US is going to print more dollars. On the other hand, Bitcoin seems to be flying around in a short time, although I haven’t been considering it yet as a bull trend. Either whales are accumulating Bitcoin or exchanges have been liquidating shorts from the future trading.

Whatever FUD doesn’t matter for me if it’s about Bitcoin; I really don’t care about that. I believe big players also don’t care any FUD. They accumulate Bitcoin upon dumping, and also they know very well what’s going on. They start accumulating more faster when they think something big is going to happen. So if there is any insider news that the US is printing money to increase its reserves, then it would be the beginning of another bull run so far.

[BlackHatCoiner]

Wait, you're telling me a politician hyped up a "Strategic Reserve" on the campaign trail and then just smashed the inflation button instead? Shocked.

Turns out we didn't even need them to directly buy BTC. We just needed them to do what the government does best: absolutely nuke the fiat supply to bail out the bond market. Task failed successfully!

[hd49728]

Wait, you're telling me a politician hyped up a "Strategic Reserve" on the campaign trail and then just smashed the inflation button instead? Shocked.

Turns out we didn't even need them to directly buy BTC. We just needed them to do what the government does best: absolutely nuke the fiat supply to bail out the bond market. Task failed successfully!

Even the "Strategic Reserve" is like a half-decent from Trump President Administration because it only pauses bitcoin selling pressure from the USA government whereas there is no purchases from them. It's good to reduce selling pressure on the market but it's still far worse than what people expected from Trump about his promise for the national strategic reserve.

Rather than doing great things with Bitcoin, he does something with fiat currencies, and it's not different than previous presidents did: printing more money, and create more inflationary issue for US. dollar.

The US. dollar lost its purchasing power with time and more money printing but if it is one of forces to raise Bitcoin price, I see it is good for Bitcoin. Interesting thing is Bitcoin ROIs are better than money printing rate from the USA.