Something else is going on and it’s about Russians, oil, and not necessarily cryptocurrency.
INBOX: Subject line from the White House - "Executive Order on Taking Additional Steps to Address the Situation in America"
(except the EO is actually about the situation in Venezuela)
Dec 8, 2017 - Bitcoin mania could prompt some of the world's largest oil-producing countries to make a major move against the dollar, according to one commodity analyst.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19, 2018
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 "et seq."), I hereby report that I have signed an Executive Order with respect to Venezuela that takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order13808 of August24, 2017. The Executive Order prohibits, as of itseffective date, all transactions related to, provision of financing for, and other dealings in, by a United States person or within the United States, any digital currency, digital coin, or digital token, that was issued by, for, oronbehalf of the Government of Venezuela on or after January9,2018.
I have authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to take such actions, including promulgating rules and regulations and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Executive Order.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 19, 2018.
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