I understand what you mean but donations (a form of legally accepted bribe or payment for exerting influence) can help sway most politicians.

Absolutely 

What we have seen with XRP and other altcoins is basically the power of lobbying since all these VC's have basically gotten on the crypto reserve by plain donations and helping the Trump team get notoriety or some sort of advertisement in exchange, but one could be said the same with BTC, but at least BTC does not print their own money to buy politicians. The thing is, even if the Bitcoin reserve is a bit of a flop, it clears the jurisdictional matters and now agents could be freely to start businesses in this sector without fearing random account freezes and whatnot. And with Saylor in the white house he has now the right contacts to turn Strategy into a powerhouse in the field and really become a monopoly that will sooner or later be translated in higher price shares for the stock.

I agree with you @JollyGood, that most politicians can influence a lot if they want. They can influence a lot in Bitcoin, for example, Trump can influence a little if he wants, the transaction limit of Bitcoin or something else, and he can talk about something new if he wants. I think the Trump administration has invested a lot.


We will have to wait and see how much Trump helps make Bitcoin the primary currency of America. It will certainly be a decision of the politicians.

The banks must meet international western standards just like regular banks and adhere to regulations. I don't believe in some dystopian world where people are starting their own p2p banks and there is 0 regulation. It will basically be that the current established banking brands are able to custody and manage reserves and be included within regulation and law. The Trump administration is embracing this already but the rest of the world is still lightyears away from this and im not sure if certain places of the world are going to be ok with that given past precedents. The EU for instance said they are not interesting in holding bitcoin on their balance sheet and the guy from Czech Republic was told to not do it. In this sense the Trump admin. is doing a good job, however this is neutered by the crazy tariff wars that are tanking the markets.