Back in August 2024, former President Donald Trump casually suggested the U.S. could "hand them a little crypto check maybe even some Bitcoin" to wipe out the $35 trillion national debt.
While the comment may have been tongue-in-cheek, it raised real questions:
Could crypto ever play a role in national finance?
Is this a sign of how normalized digital assets have become?
Whether political banter or financial foresight, it marked a turning point in how crypto is discussed at the highest levels of government.