{"id":91937,"date":"2025-12-08T12:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=91937"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:00:16","slug":"white-house-prioritises-ai-over-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/white-house-prioritises-ai-over-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Prioritises AI Over Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf\">has released<\/a> a new national security strategy. The document makes no direct mention of cryptocurrencies or blockchain, despite the industry&#8217;s integration into the global economy and past statements by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Priority areas are identified as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum computing. Washington aims to secure global leadership and set standards in these fields.<\/p>\n<p>An indirect reference to the sector is found only in the section on financial dominance. Authorities plan to use &#8220;leadership in digital finance and innovation&#8221; to maintain market liquidity and security.<\/p>\n<p>Particular attention is given to protecting the financial system. Washington plans to &#8220;aggressively defend the dollar&#8217;s status as the world&#8217;s reserve currency and use capital markets as a lever of influence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The main goal is stated as &#8220;strengthening American power through economic independence, military superiority, and robust sovereignty protection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The US and Cryptocurrencies<\/h2>\n<p>The absence of mentions of the crypto industry in the strategy contradicts Trump&#8217;s recent rhetoric. Previously, he <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/donald-trump-claims-unfamiliarity-with-changpeng-zhao\">stated<\/a> that the US should take a leading position in this area.<\/p>\n<p>In May, CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis also <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/cia-deputy-director-describes-bitcoin-as-a-tool-against-china\">described<\/a> digital currencies as a &#8220;zone of technological competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, this year the administration has pursued a friendly policy towards digital assets:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump facilitated the adoption of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/donald-trump-enacts-stablecoin-legislation\">GENIUS Act<\/a>, regulating <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\">stablecoins<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>orders were signed for the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/hester-peirce-to-lead-secs-cryptocurrency-task-force\">creation<\/a> of a dedicated task force and the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-house-folds-cbdc-ban-into-2026-defence-bill\">prohibition<\/a> of a central bank digital currency;<\/li>\n<li>federal agencies <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sec-concludes-investigation-into-uniswap-labs\">halted<\/a> several investigations against market participants;<\/li>\n<li>a state bitcoin reserve was <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/trump-establishes-u-s-strategic-bitcoin-reserve\">formed<\/a> from confiscated assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Back in November, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/trump-initiates-genesis-mission-ai-initiative\">issued an order<\/a> launching new federal research and development programs in the field of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the new US national security strategy, cryptocurrencies and blockchain are not mentioned, despite their role in the economy and Trump&#8217;s statements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"US strategy omits crypto, focuses on AI, biotech, and quantum computing.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1269,991,26],"class_list":["post-91937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-donald-trump","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"163","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"US strategy omits crypto, focuses on AI, biotech, and quantum computing.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91939,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91937\/revisions\/91939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}