Trump is gambling the dollar’s future. His $20 billion crypto bet has fatal ‘Ripple’ effects

For over a decade, the U.S. government was a crypto whale. Thanks to dark-web busts and asset forfeitures, Washington quietly built a large digital war chest. The feds did not buy it on purpose. They just seized it, stored it, and auctioned it off for cash. But that era is over. The United States has…