Trump crypto adviser floats tariff-funded Bitcoin reserve – DL News
- Bo Hines is the executive director of Donald Trump’s digital assets advisory council.
- He says the White House wants to acquire as much Bitcoin as possible.
- Funding could come through creative means — including tariffs, he suggests.
Bo Hines, executive director of Donald Trump’s council of advisers for digital assets, says he wants to fund a US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve with tariffs.
Hines made the suggestion during an interview with podcaster Anthony Pompliano on Monday in response to a question about novel ideas for funding the reserve.
“We’re looking at many creative ways — whether it be from tariffs, whether it be from something else,” Hines said.
President Trump first floated the idea last summer during the Bitcoin…