President Donald Trump's $4.8 trillion 2021 budget proposal hopes to reconsolidate the Secret Service with the Treasury Department in order to enhance cyber and financial crime investigations.
Established in 1865, the Secret Service was created as a department within Treasury charged with protecting U.S. currency against counterfeiting risks.
In 2002, the Secret Service was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security - a move Trump now wishes to reverse.
"Technological advancements in recent decades, such as cryptocurrencies and the increasing interconnectedness of the international financial marketplace, have resulted in more complex criminal organizations and revealed stronger links between financial and electronic crimes and the financing of terrorists and rogue state actors."
Here, the document notes that the administration intends to continue its investment in economic tools that can advance U.S. foreign policy interests and help it combat new threats, such as the use of cryptocurrencies in money laundering and terrorist financing.
Trump's administration envisions that Treasury and Secret Service - alongside the Financial Crimes enforcement Network - will focus on coordinating intelligence agencies, financial institutions and regulators in order to intercept terrorist financing, hold rogue states accountable, and detect and deter financial crimes.
Released yesterday, Feb. 10, the presidential budget does not necessarily bear a resemblance to the eventual federal budget, which will be decided via a budget resolution process in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate ahead of the new fiscal year beginning Oct. 2020.
The document thus has a largely political role, signaling to Congress the administration's vision and priorities for federal spending across various programs in the coming year.
As reported, President Trump notoriously scathingly opposed both Bitcoin and Libra via his favorite medium, Twitter, back in summer 2019.
As of last week, traders have the opportunity to speculate on the administration's future, as crypto derivatives exchange FTX launched a new, specialized futures contract with which they can go long or short on Trump's 2020 reelection.
Trump's New Budget Would Have Secret Service Investigate Crypto Crimes
Udgivet den Feb 11, 2020
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