{"id":620999,"date":"2025-01-24T08:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=620999"},"modified":"2025-01-24T08:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:39:14","slug":"ripple-labs-blamed-after-trump-signs-executive-order-for-digital-asset-stockpile-over-strategic-bitcoin-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/ripple-labs-blamed-after-trump-signs-executive-order-for-digital-asset-stockpile-over-strategic-bitcoin-reserve","title":{"rendered":"Ripple Labs Blamed After Trump Signs Executive Order For Digital Asset Stockpile Over Strategic Bitcoin Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ripple Labs is under fire for allegedly influencing President Donald Trump to sign an executive order for a digital asset stockpile instead of a strategic Bitcoin reserve.<\/p>\n

Signed yesterday, the order directs a working group to explore a crypto reserve that could include assets seized through federal enforcement efforts but makes no mention of Bitcoin—despite Trump’s earlier pledge to establish a national strategic Bitcoin reserve.<\/p>\n

“The biggest obstacle for the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is not the Fed, Treasury, banks, or Elizabeth Warren. It’s Ripple\/XRP,” said Pierre Rochard, vice president of research at Riot Platforms, in a post on X. “They are aggressively lobbying against the SBR by throwing around $millions at politicians, desperately trying to derail it. They did the same to attack bitcoin mining under the Biden administration. Obviously they want to protect their marketing narratives and push for CBDCs built on their platform.”<\/p>\n

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The biggest obstacle for the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is not the Fed, Treasury, banks, or Elizabeth Warren. <\/p>\n

It’s Ripple\/XRP. They are aggressively lobbying against the SBR by throwing around $millions at politicians, desperately trying to derail it. <\/p>\n

They did the same to…<\/p>\n

— Pierre Rochard (@BitcoinPierre) January 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n