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Fortune
Alena Botros

Half a dozen members of Trump’s cabinet hold Bitcoin assets, disclosures reveal, with a combined total worth millions

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  • A crypto CEO cheered the Trump administration because he believes it will embrace decentralization—and because cabinet members hold Bitcoin directly or indirectly. “We just want to build our businesses without having to look over our shoulders that some crazy person wants to kill us,” said Abra CEO Bill Barhydt at a technology summit in California this week.

At a recent, first-of-its-kind White House digital assets summit, President Trump pledged, “I promised to make America the Bitcoin superpower of the world and the crypto capital of the planet, and we’re taking historic action to deliver on that promise.” 

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