The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 4, 2025 Trump Announces Plans for Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve ---------------------------------------------------------- Cryptocurrency prices briefly spiked Monday after Trump announced plans for a U.S. "Crypto Strategic Reserve" that includes bitcoin, ether, solana, XRP and cardano. Critics say cryptocurrencies are too unpredictable to be a safe choice for a reserve asset. .