Late Thursday, Bloomberg reported that President-elect Donald Trump will likely issue an executive order announcing crypto as a national imperative or priority with a voice in his administration. Trump could also announce the creation of a crypto advisory that will advocate the digital asset industry's policy goals.

Bitcoin (BTC) is catching a US bid in the run-up to the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump. The latest data from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant confirms a rebound in the key Coinbase premium metric.

The nation's largest crypto exchange, Coinbase, endorsed the idea of a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve Friday, part of a wide-ranging blog post on "economic freedom" from CEO Brian Armstrong, shared in advance exclusively with Axios.