💰Trump Order Funnels Seized Crypto Into Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
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Trump signed Executive Order 14233 on March 6, 2025, creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve funded by seized cryptocurrency. The order turns forfeitures into off-budget reserves while bypassing congressional spending control.
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Why This Matters
Your Property Rights:
Civil forfeiture lets government seize assets without criminal conviction, affecting everyone's property protections.
Your Fiscal Impact:
Order turns forfeitures into new off-budget reserve outside normal congressional spending oversight.
Your Separation of Powers:
Congress traditionally controls asset-sale proceeds, but executive now redirects them unilaterally.
Your Crypto Precedent:
First time Bitcoin treated as strategic reserve asset, legitimizing government cryptocurrency holdings.
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Which EO number created the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve?
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Section 3(a) capitalizes the reserve with bitcoin held by which department?
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Reuters estimated the government holds roughly how many **thousand** bitcoin?
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Civil forfeiture critics often cite which amendment’s due-process clause?
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Which advocacy group called EO 14233 a “massive crypto cash-grab”?
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Within how many **days** must every agency report its crypto holdings to Treasury under Sec. 3(a)?
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Government
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EO 14233 forbids the government from acquiring new non-BTC tokens except through:
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AP reported the reserve could be worth roughly how many **billion U.S. dollars** at March prices?
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Which U.S. Code section normally channels forfeiture proceeds into the “Treasury Forfeiture Fund”?
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Officials likened the Bitcoin stash to which U.S. bullion landmark?
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International Relations
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Which Supreme Court case did critics cite to argue EO 14233 violates the non-delegation doctrine over monetary policy?
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Constitutional Law
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Which agency’s “crypto czar” David Sacks hailed the reserve at a March 7 summit?
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Approximate BTC price (USD) Reuters used in its $18 bn valuation?
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Economic Policy
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Which nonprofit called the reserve a “digital Fort Knox” risk to due process?
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Civil Rights
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EO 14233 diverts forfeited assets away from which statutory fund (numeric section)?
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EO 14233 lets Treasury sell reserve bitcoin at will to fund general spending.
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Coin Center warned the order encourages agencies to seize crypto more aggressively.
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EO 14233 covers seized NFTs and stablecoins, not just bitcoin.
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Civil forfeiture always requires a criminal conviction beforehand.
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Constitutional Law