Trump's new national security strategy just dropped and crypto isnt mentioned at all which is pretty surprising

The document released Friday lays out the administrations priorities and focuses heavily on artificial intelligence, biotech and quantum computing as core national interests. Crypto, Bitcoin and blockchain dont get a single explicit mention despite Trump saying multiple times he wants America to dominate in this space.

Just last month Trump told 60 Minutes he wants the US... not China...to be number one in crypto. He’s also said he wants all future Bitcoin mining to happen in the US. Even the deputy CIA director said back in May that Bitcoin and crypto are part of the tech competition where America needs to stay ahead of China.

So the total silence on crypto in this national security document feels wierd given all that rhetoric. Theres one vague section about preserving Americas financial sector dominance through leadership in “digital finance and innovation” which could maybe hint at crypto but its super unclear.

To be fair the Trump administration has been pretty pro crypto in terms of actual policy. They passed the GENIUS Act for stablecoin regulation, created a federal crypto working group / task force, banned central bank digital currencies, and set up a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and digital asset stockpile that lean heavily on coins the government already holds from seizures. Agencies have also generally shifted to a less aggressive enforcement stance and resolved some of the biggest fights with crypto companies.

But leaving crypto out of the formal national security priorities might signal it's still not seen as strategically important at the very top level despite the public statements. Or maybe they just see it mainly as a financial innovation issue rather than a security concern.

Bitcoin did trade back below $90k over the weekend around the same time this came out, though the bigger focus is still on the Fed rate decision coming this week.