..exclude any mention of cryptocurrency and BTC.
President Trump's key priorities for a second term include improving public safety, achieving energy independence, advancing "American values" and reducing government excess.
US President Donald Trump listed his administration's "top American priorities" on January 20, but none of them mentioned cryptocurrencies or his promised Bitcoin strategic reserve.
According to the White House briefing, Trump's priorities are public safety, increasing affordability through energy independence, reforming government bureaucracy and bringing back "American values."
Despite Trump’s campaign promises in favor of cryptocurrencies, digital assets were not listed among his priorities. However, industry observers say cryptocurrency will play a prominent role in his second term.
Earlier in the day, crypto markets were buzzing about the possibility of Trump signing an executive order to create a Bitcoin strategic reserve. While no such order was issued on January 20, players on Polymarket still believe there is a roughly one in three chance that the strategic reserve will be created within Trump’s first 100 days in office.
On rival betting market Kalshi, players say there is about a 60% chance that the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve will be activated this calendar year.
Wild weekend for crypto 😱
The cryptocurrency market has seen extreme volatility over the past 72 hours after Trump launched his own memecoin on the Solana blockchain, earning both praise and criticism from the crypto community.
The Official Trump meme coin (TRUMP) surged more than 490% in the first 24 hours of trading on January 18, becoming a top-30 token overnight. The total market cap of the TRUMP token has reached nearly $11 billion, according to CoinGecko.
Bitcoin price
$101,905 (at time of publication)
also hit a new all-time high ahead of Trump's inauguration, briefly trading above $109,000. BTC's price has since corrected back to around $104,000.
Despite intraday volatility, Bitcoin has risen nearly 50% since Trump's election on November 5. The gains have been fueled by expectations that the new administration will usher in a golden era for cryptocurrencies marked by favorable policies and greater political legitimacy.
