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When the Trump administration released its 2025 National Security Strategy last Friday, the crypto community quickly noticed that crypto and blockchain were nowhere in the document, which instead highlighted AI, biotech, and quantum computing as the top priority tech for the U.S.<\/p>\n
What makes the absence even more curious is that Trump<\/a> spent the year pushing some of the strongest pro-crypto moves ever taken by a U.S. administration, including signing the GENIUS Act in July to create the first federal framework for the $250 billion stablecoin market after it passed with bipartisan support.<\/p>\n Some analysts were quick to call it a double game, and the contrast prompted discussions about why such an active policy streak never appeared in the strategy, and whether the real maneuvering around assets is happening in the grey market.<\/p>\n CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis stated in May that crypto<\/a> represents another area of technological competition where America needs to keep its position against China, and Trump himself told CBS\u2019s 60 Minutes just last month that he won\u2019t let them become \u201cnumber one in the world in crypto.\u201d<\/p>\n