US federal agencies to report crypto holdings to Treasury by April 7

US national agencies are expected to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings to the Department of the Treasury by April 7, pursuing an enforcement bid signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year.

Citing an unnamed White House official, writer Eleanor Terrett reported that the deadline for national agencies to study their crypto holdings to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is April 7.

However, the disclosures volition stay confidential for now. “Unclear arsenic of present if and erstwhile the findings could beryllium made public,” Terrett wrote.

Source: Eleanor Terret

Crypto disclosure follows Bitcoin Reserve establishment

The reporting request follows an executive bid signed connected March 7 that directed the instauration of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a broader Digital Asset Stockpile. The Bitcoin (BTC) reserve volition beryllium seeded with BTC forfeited to national agencies done civilian oregon transgression plus seizures.

White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks described the reserve arsenic a “digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency,” saying that the US volition not merchantability immoderate BTC held successful the reserve. “It volition beryllium kept arsenic a store of value,” Sacks added.

Sacks antecedently lamented the US government’s selling of 195,000 BTC for $366 million. The authoritative said the BTC sold by the US authorities could’ve gone for billions if it had lone held connected to the assets. 

The reserve volition initially beryllium seeded by the BTC kept by the Treasury, portion the different national agencies would “evaluate their ineligible authority” to transportation their BTC into the reserve. 

Regarding the integer plus stockpile, Sacks said it would beforehand “responsible stewardship” of the government's crypto assets nether the Treasury. This includes imaginable income from the stockpiles. 

On March 2, Trump said that the crypto reserve would see assets similar XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA). The US President aboriginal added Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) to his crypto reserves list. 

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Crypto plunges arsenic Trump tariffs daze planetary stocks

While Trump's predetermination whitethorn person positively impacted crypto markets, the US president's adjacent determination resulted successful a marketplace crash. 

On April 5, the Trump medication hit each countries with a 10% tariff. Some countries were fixed higher rates, including China astatine 34% and Japan astatine 24%. The European Union was besides deed with a 20% tariff.  

Following Trump's move, the wide crypto marketplace capitalization declined by implicit 8%, slipping to $2.5 trillion. 

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