Bitcoin plunges 6% as Trump’s crypto reserve falls short of hopes
Bitcoin’s price tumbled after US President Donald Trump made a pledge not to sell any of the government’s current Bitcoin holdings but made no firm commitment to buying more.
Bitcoin has plunged approximately 6% after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Market participants had hoped the government would announce a plan to buy more Bitcoin (BTC), but Trump’s crypto tsar David Sacks said on X it would only use the Bitcoin it already holds from criminal cases — though it will look to develop “budget-neutral” strategies to acquire additional Bitcoin.
Bitcoin dropped about 6%, falling from $90,400 to $84,979, according to CoinMarketCap data.
