Major Shift! Trump Signs Cryptocurrency Executive Order, Plans to Establish Digital Asset Reserves, SEC Withdraws SAB 121
Trump signed the executive order "Strengthening America's Leadership in Digital Financial Technology." The order proposes the establishment of a "Presidential Working Group on Digital Asset Markets" to explore federal regulatory measures for stablecoins and related proposals for a national digital asset reserve, and explicitly prohibits the "establishment, issuance, circulation, or use" of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).