During a White House roundtable on cybercrime, Donald Trump did not use the terms “crypto” or “digital assets.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche also avoided those expressions, with the latter referring instead to “digital extortion.” According to the FBI, Americans lost $11 billion to digital asset-related scams in 2025, including through cryptocurrency ATMs. The roundtable followed Italian arrests of 30 people suspected of using cryptocurrency to launder millions of dollars, while Trump’s crypto ventures and those linked to his family continued to face scrutiny.
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