NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JULY 27: Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures while giving a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 27, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference, which is aimed at bitcoin enthusiasts, features multiple vendor and entertainment spaces and seminars by celebrities and politicians. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
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Why Trump wants the US government to have a 'national stockpile' of bitcoin

At a national bitcoin conference in Nashville, Donald Trump finally spelled out some of his crypto policy proposals including one hotly anticipated part of his plan -- building a strategic bitcoin reserve. CNN's Jon Sarlin explains what that is and why the crypto industry wants it.

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JULY 27: Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures while giving a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 27, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference, which is aimed at bitcoin enthusiasts, features multiple vendor and entertainment spaces and seminars by celebrities and politicians. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
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