Anthony Pompliano, CEO of Professional Capital Management, shared a humorous Oval Office moment on Monday where a reporter spotted him and asked President Donald Trump about including Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in the “Trump Accounts.”
Trump Praises Crypto Again
In the video posted on X, the reporter said, “Since I see Anthony Pompliano is here, and he’s probably going to ask, is Bitcoin, in any way, going to be related to this [Trump Accounts] in the future?”
Trump replied that he’s become a “big crypto guy” only for one simple reason: “If we don’t have it, China’s going to have it.”
“I’m a fan. I wasn’t initially. I didn’t know much about it for some of my first term. I wasn’t really involved,” Trump added. “But I watched, and I watched it grow, and it’s a huge industry.”
Circling back to the question about including Bitcoin in the Trump accounts, he said that “something could happen in that regard” as well.
Schiff Isn’t Impressed
Longtime Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff took a swipe, alleging that Trump’s cryptocurrency donors probably asked for a “favor” to get Trump to tease the possibility of having BTC in Trump Accounts.
“Trump’s already made a killing off crypto, but hopefully he won’t rip off Trump accounts too,” Schiff said.
The White House didn’t immediately return Benzinga’s request for comment.
The ‘Crypto President’
Trump’s remarks follow disclosures that cryptocurrency ventures netted him over $1 billion in 2025, including $520 million from the sale of tokens issued by World Liberty Financial and more than $635 million in royalties collected from the Official Trump (CRYPTO: TRUMP) memecoin.
But while he made a fortune, nearly one million investors who bought his memecoin collectively lost $3.81 billion, according to an investigation by blockchain analytics firm Nansen.
Trump announced the funding of the first 500,000 “Trump Accounts” on Monday with an initial $1,000 contribution for eligible children born between 2025 and 2028. The initiative is designed to help families build long-term wealth by giving children an early stake in the stock market.
Price Action: At the time of writing, BTC was exchanging hands at $63,287.56, down 0.08% in the last 24 hours, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
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