August 14, 2025
Scott Bessent Suggests Government Bitcoin Purchases Remain A Possibility thumbnail
Business

Scott Bessent Suggests Government Bitcoin Purchases Remain A Possibility

The Treasury Secretary’s Late-Thursday Afternoon Tweet Seemingly Contradicted His Statement from Earlier in the Day.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

Scott Bessent Suggests Government Bitcoin Purchases Remain A PossibilityThe Treasury Secretary’s Late-Thursday Afternoon Tweet Seemingly Contradicted His Statement from Earlier in the Day. AUG 14, 2025, 8:40 PM

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Began Thursday by Dashing The Heps of at Least Some Bitcoiners, Saying The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Wuld Be Made Up of The $ 15 Billion Toy, Saying The Strategic Bitcoin there was no intenation of makeing any freresh purchases.

He Ended The Day, However, by Seemingly ContraDicting Those Remarks, Saying His Department Is “Committed To Exploring Budget-Neutral Pathways to Acquire More Bitcoin To.

The Fresh Buys Wuld be in Addition to Tokens Forfeited to the Government, Which Will Be The “Foundation” of the Reserve, Bessent Said.

US President Donald Trump Signed An Executive Order in March to Create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Wich Bessentnt Has Advocated For. Earlier this month, Bo Hines, The Leader of the White House’s Council of Advisors on Digital Assets – Whose Tasks, Among Other Things, Included the SBR – Exited His Position.

Bitcoin

Continued to Trade at About $ 118,000 Late in The US Afternoon Thursday, Down Sharply Since Hitting A New Record High of $ 124,000 Just Hours Earlier.

The Bulk of the Decline Came After A Far Stronger Thanicipated Producer Price Index Report, Who Called Into Question of the Idea Inflation Is Receding ENUBHHHHHHHE.

Helene Braun

Helene is a New York-Basted Markets Reporter at Coindesk, Covering The Latest News From Wall Street, The Rise of the Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds and Updates on CRYPTO Markets. She is a graduate of new York University’s Business and Economic Reporting Program and Has Appeared on CBS News, Yahoofinance and Nasdaq Tradethalks. She Holds BTC and ETH.

X Icon

Helene Braun

More for you

Polygon’s Pol Falls 6% As Inflation Shock Triggers Heavy Selling

Polygon's Pol Token Slid 8% to $ 0.24 Thursday After Breaking Key Support, As Surging Us Wholesale Inflation Ratted Risk Assets.The Token’s Reed at $ 0.26 Came Amid A Broad Crypto Pullback, with The Coindesk 20 Index Sliding 4% and Rate-Cut Heps Fading.

What to Know:

  • Polygon’s Pol Token Slid 6% to $ 0.24 Thursday After Breaking Key Support, As Surging Us Wholesale Inflation Rattled Risk Assets.
  • Trading Volume Spiked to 1.1 Million Units – More Than Triple Its Daily Average – After A Sharp Reject at the $ 0.26 Resistance Level.
  • The Coindesk 20 Index Fell 4% Over The Same Period, with Profit-Taking Acceleration Across Major Cryptocurrencies.

Read Full Story

Related posts

cccv

Ether Pumps to 5-Year High of $ 4.47k Alongside Tom Lee’s Massive Eth Treasury Bet and Fed Rate Cut Heps

unian ua

Coindesk 20 Performance Update: Uniswap (UNI) Gains 6.5% AS NEARLY ALL ASSETS RISE

unian ua

Leave a Comment

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More