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Trump wants the Secret Service to tackle the Bitcoin problem

Trump has proposed a budget that would see the Secret Service working to stamp out cryptocurrency crime.

By Will Heasman

2 min readFeb 11, 2020

Trump's $4.8 billion budget for the 2021 fiscal year aims to reallocate the secret service to the treasury department in part to help fight cryptocurrency crime.

Released on Monday, the 2021 budget details plans to bolster the treasury department's control over crypto criminality. The Secret Service will aid the treasury in efforts to stop terrorist financing, the abuse of human rights and financial crimes.

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