{"id":39353,"date":"2025-07-22T02:02:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T02:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-media-buys-2-billion-in-bitcoin-as-it-pursues-crypto-treasury-strategy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T02:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T02:02:18","slug":"trump-media-buys-2-billion-in-bitcoin-as-it-pursues-crypto-treasury-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-media-buys-2-billion-in-bitcoin-as-it-pursues-crypto-treasury-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Media buys $2 billion in bitcoin as it pursues crypto treasury strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Trump Media and Technology Group, the social media company owned by President Trump, said it has bought about $2 billion in bitcoin and related securities as it remodels itself as an investment firm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump Media, which owns the Truth Social app, announced in May that it planned to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-media-bitcoin-2-5-billion-deal-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">raise $2.5 billion<\/a><\/span> to buy bitcoin, with the goal of creating a reserve of the cryptocurrency. The $2 billion bitcoin purchase is part of the company&#8217;s &#8220;bitcoin treasury plan,&#8221; Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes said in a news release on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump, the largest investor in Trump Media, has increasingly focused on cryptocurrencies both through his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/crypto-billionaire-justin-sun-trump-meme-coin\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">private businesses<\/a><\/span> and his administration. The company&#8217;s $2 billion bitcoin purchase comes as Trump Media looks to roll out a range investment products, including a plan to sell exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.<\/p>\n<p>The bitcoin purchase will &#8220;help ensure our Company&#8217;s financial freedom, help protect us against discrimination by financial institutions and will create synergies with the utility token we&#8217;re planning to introduce across the Truth Social ecosphere,&#8221; Nunes <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.tmtgcorp.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/#b2iLibScrollTo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The company also said it has set aside $300 million for an &#8220;options acquisition strategy for bitcoin-related securities.&#8221; Trump Media said it plans to continue acquiring bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of Trump Media rose $1.04, or 5.6%, to $19.71 in Monday morning trading. The stock has declined 42% ths year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the first quarter, Trump Media reported revenue of roughly $821,000, up from $770,000 in the year-ago period, a regulatory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ix?doc=\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/0001849635\/000114036125018209\/ef20047598_10q.htm#ManagementsDiscussionandA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">filing<\/a> shows. The company reported an operating loss for the quarter of $39.5 million, down from $98.3 million from a year ago.<\/p>\n<h2>What is a crypto treasury strategy?<\/h2>\n<p>A crypto treasury strategy involves buying and holding cryptocurrencies, similar to how companies may invest in more traditional assets like bonds to provide them with financial flexibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The best-known advocate of this approach is billionaire Michael Saylor, who runs a software company called Strategy (formerly known as MicroStrategy). It owns 607,000 bitcoins \u2013 worth more than $72 billion at today&#8217;s bitcoin price \u2014 making it the largest public bitcoin treasury company,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/bitcointreasuries.net\/*link=*7B*22role*22:*22standard*22,*22href*22:*22https:\/*bitcointreasuries.net\/*22,*22affiliate*22:*22*22,*22target*22:*22_blank*22,*22absolute*22:*22*22,*22linkText*22:*22according*22*7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">according<\/a>\u00a0to Bitcointreasuries.net.<\/p>\n<p>Saylor&#8217;s company uses a variety of strategies, such as selling shares or issuing debt, to keep expanding its bitcoin holdings. As the digital currency&#8217;s price has soared to more than $118,000, shooting up 74% over the last year alone, Strategy&#8217;s stock price has followed, surging more than 3,500% since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>That success has also spawned many imitators, while the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saylor\/status\/1896978713792987498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">invited him<\/a> to its Digital Assets Summit earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is planning a new U.S. &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-cryptocurrencies-new-us-strategic-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">strategic reserve<\/a><\/span>&#8221; of crypto assets. Last week, Mr. Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-signs-genius-act-crypto-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">signed<\/a><\/span> the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-genius-act-vote-what-is-stablecoin-bill-crypto-cbs-news-explains\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">GENIUS Act<\/a><\/span>, the first major law governing digital currency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the past five years, the only thing better than Bitcoin is More Bitcoin,&#8221; Saylor wrote in a July 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saylor\/status\/1896978713792987498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">The Associated  Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/aimee-picchi\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Aimee  Picchi<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. 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