There’s new politically motivated spin coming out against the current administration and it warrants being refuted.

Firstly: short-term price isn’t everything.

Price action in 2025 has been fine, but not as good as many had hoped. Regardless, the much more important story is fundamentals: regulation, banking access, and real integrations. Those are the drivers that compound over years. In 2025, the U.S. policy stance and institutional plumbing shifted in ways that materially reduce friction for building on crypto rails.

Policy reality check (actions, not rhetoric)

Stablecoin law enacted. The bipartisan GENIUS Act became law on July 18, 2025, creating the first U.S. federal framework for payment stablecoins (full USD/Treasury backing, monthly reserve disclosures, and AML supervision).

Executive policy support. On Day 1, the White House issued “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology”, establishing a national policy to support the responsible growth of digital assets and blockchain technology. A later March order created a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, signaling that crypto is now treated as strategic financial infrastructure.

Banking access and custody unclogged. The SEC rescinded SAB 121 in January 2025, removing accounting barriers that deterred banks from offering custody. Soon after, the OCC clarified that banks may provide crypto custody, stablecoin issuance, and blockchain validation under standard risk frameworks. These moves reopened institutional participation that had been largely frozen since 2022.

Enforcement overhang eased. Between February and May 2025, the SEC dropped or settled multiple high-profile suits (Coinbase, Binance, Ripple, Uniswap, Kraken, and ConsenSys), closing out a multi-year period of adversarial enforcement and restoring regulatory predictability.

Bottom line: The U.S. shifted from “hostile ambiguity” toward predictable rules and normalized bank participation. That’s the foundation innovation and adoption need.

Wall Street’s blockchain turn (stablecoins + Ethereum rails)

Stablecoin usage and issuance surge. Net stablecoin creation rose from $10.8 B (Q2) to $45.6 B (Q3) — a 324 % increase — while cross-border stablecoin payments reached roughly $4.6 T in the first half of 2025. This reflects institutional adoption for settlement and treasury operations, not just retail speculation.

Citi × Coinbase partnership. In October 2025, Citi integrated stablecoins such as USDC directly into its institutional banking systems, enabling 24/7 settlement and fiat-to-crypto conversions. It’s the clearest example yet of a major global bank operationalizing crypto rails.

Institutional adoption accelerates. Major networks and payment processors (Canton Network, Mastercard, and others) introduced tokenized-asset or stablecoin infrastructure in 2025. Combined with new legal clarity, this marks the first year where blockchain moves from “pilot program” to core plumbing for parts of TradFi.

None of this happens in a hostile policy regime. It happens when Washington signals that innovation will be supported, not punished.

Addressing “he’s just pro-himself”

Skepticism about motives is fair. But measurable outcomes — statutory clarity, open banking channels, reduced litigation, and stablecoin integration — affect the entire industry, not one person. Motives can be ambiguous; outcomes are concrete and what actually matter to the crypto space. The reality is that 2025 delivered what builders have wanted for years: clarity, access, and predictability.

What to watch next (data over drama)

Implementation of the GENIUS Act and federal licensing process for stablecoin issuers Bank rollouts of custody, settlement, and tokenized-asset services under updated OCC/FDIC guidance Scaling of TradFi integrations with public chains such as Ethereum

TL;DR

Claims that “Trump is using crypto to get rich” focus on politics. Claiming he hasn’t been good for crypto because crypto prices haven’t risen as much as we’d like is extremely short-sighted It’s selling ignorance and bad strategic thinking, And this is a framing that is motivated by politics. The data show 2025 brought the most pro-development U.S. crypto environment yet: Clear stablecoin law Bank participation normalized Enforcement cloud lifted Institutional blockchain adoption underway Price is fine, but these are the fundamentals that turn crypto from niche speculation into infrastructure, and will have an enormous long-term effect on price. Sources

White House – Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/strengthening-american-leadership-in-digital-financial-technology/

Investopedia – Trump Signs GENIUS Act Into Law in Major Milestone for Crypto Industry https://www.investopedia.com/trump-signs-genius-act-into-law-in-major-milestone-for-crypto-industry-11774814

Banking Dive – Citi, Coinbase Ink Stablecoin Partnership https://www.bankingdive.com/news/citi-coinbase-ink-stablecoin-partnership/804133/

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