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President Donald Trump has issued an executive order entitled “STRENGTHENING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY” that purports to “promote United States leadership in digital assets.” However, Bitcoin purists may be disappointed that the order doesn’t specifically mention Bitcoin, instead focusing on cryptocurrency more broadly. The order is concerned generally with reiterating the administration’s support for the industry and includes an emphasis on “promoting fair and open access to banking services for all law-abiding individual citizens and private-sector entities.” It also calls for a review of regulations, creates a President’s Working Group, calls for an investigation into the establishment of “ a national digital asset stockpile ,” and attempts to ban Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) with a problematically broad definition. President’s Working Group on Digital Asset M...

RFK Jr. announced Friday he was suspending his presidential campaign and taking himself off the ballot in battleground states. The pro-bitcoin candidate will aim to swing the election to former President Donald Trump’s advantage. Robert F. Kennedy Jr said Trump had asked to “enlist” him in a Trump administration, an offer that followed weeks of correspondence between the men. Trump and RFK Jr held a meeting together in Florida recently. “In a series of long, intense discussions, I was surprised to discover that we are aligned on many key issues,” Kennedy said in a press conference in Phoenix Friday. “In those meetings, he suggested that we join forces as a unity party.” Kennedy did not specify what role he might serve in a potential Trump administration. Source: CNN Also Read: BRICS to Launch Crypto Exchange and Yuan-Pegged Stablecoin Describing his decision, RFK Jr added, “I want everyone to know I am not terminating my campaign. I am simply suspending it and no...