Cynthia Lummis, the Republican junior senator from Wyoming, teased by way of X that “₿ig things are coming!👀.” The inclusion of the Bitcoin image in lieu of the “B” led many to speculate that the announcement was going to be concerning the promised “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.”
Even Justin Solar, an advisor to President Donald Trump-endorsed DeFi mission World Liberty Monetary, was excited by the information, quote-posting her announcement of a future announcement and including that he thought it could be “₿ig things.”
Sadly for these caught up within the hypothesis, it appears probably that Lummis’ publish referred to her new position as chair for the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Property.
Some of us had been disenchanted by this, particularly since this explicit information was already reported weeks in the past, first by Punchbowl Information on January 9.
Lummis has beforehand launched a invoice associated to the mooted Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and her new position might assist to advance that laws. Changpeng Zhao, a monetary felony who beforehand led Binance, interpreted the information that means, posting on X, “US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, pretty much confirmed.”
Nevertheless, Bitcoiners are nonetheless discovering hope in Trump’s reported telephone name with Nayib Bukele, the authoritarian chief of El Salvador, scheduled for later immediately. Reportedly, Trump intends to signal some sort of govt order shortly earlier than that decision, with some speculating that it is going to be associated to Bitcoin.
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