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The Donald Trump administration has officially elevated virtual assets as a core pillar of national security, unveiling a sweeping national cyber strategy blueprint aimed at establishing the United States as an impregnable fortress and dominant power in the global digital asset arena.
According to Cointelegraph on March 7 (local time), President Donald Trump signed a new policy directive designating virtual assets and blockchain technology as top-priority assets for protection under the U.S. national cyber strategy. Through this strategy, Trump pledged to ensure that the United States maintains overwhelming superiority over rival nations in cyberspace. Notably, this marks the first time in U.S. history that support for the security of virtual assets and blockchain technology has been explicitly codified in a national cyber strategy document, bringing the industry firmly within the scope of national security considerations.
The core of the strategy is the explicit classification of virtual assets and blockchain as “technologies to be protected and safeguarded.” The government plans to build secure technologies and supply chains that protect user privacy from the design stage through deployment, including security support for virtual asset technologies. Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, commented, “This is the first time virtual assets and blockchain have been explicitly mentioned as protected subjects in the national cyber strategy.” This signifies that virtual assets have been officially recognized as strategic technological assets of the United States rather than merely financial instruments.
The Trump administration has adopted a “forward defense” strategy against cyber threats, moving beyond passive defense to preemptively neutralize hostile networks. It plans to actively integrate artificial intelligence into cyber defense systems to detect and respond to threats in real time. The administration also designated transnational cybercrimes, such as virtual asset investment fraud, as national security threats and will establish a Victims Restoration Program to track and recover stolen virtual assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), and return them to victims. The White House plans to strengthen cooperation between the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department and form a National Coordination Center (NCC) task force for this purpose.
Preparing technical defenses against the threat of quantum computing is another key pillar of the strategy. Nic Carter, founder of Castle Island Ventures, highlighted the government’s decision to enhance the resilience of federal information systems by adopting post-quantum cryptography. Carter analyzed that such measures would serve as an important foundation for defending against future technological threats that the Bitcoin network may face. However, concerns have been raised that the phrase “blocking financial exit ramps and safe havens” in the strategy document could be used as grounds for stricter crackdowns on mixer services or privacy coins.
Through this cyber strategy, the U.S. government is expected to integrate virtual assets into the institutional framework while exercising strong control to fundamentally block hostile states from exploiting illicit funds. Trump’s vision of securing leadership in virtual asset standards to defend dollar hegemony in the digital domain is likely to accelerate related legislation, such as the U.S. cryptocurrency market structure bill. Market participants anticipate that the modernization of virtual asset infrastructure and large-scale liquidity inflows under the strong justification of national security will drive long-term value growth in digital assets.
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