President Donald Trump is known for being a crypto-friendly president. He launched his own cryptocurrency right before taking office, and signed an executive order to create a strategic bitcoin reserve in his second month as president. Has he gone so far as to hang the Bitcoin whitepaper in the Oval Office?
That’s what some Facebook posts claim. “The $BTC Whitepaper was spotted at the White House,” a March 22 Facebook post read, referencing the ticker symbol for Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency.
It included a clip of Trump pulling back drapes to reveal a framed paper titled “Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronic cash system,” as Fox News host Laura Ingraham looked on.
The Facebook video showed a Fox News chyron that read, “Trump shows Laura the Bitcoin Whitepaper.”
“(You) think Joe Biden would do this? I don’t think so. Do you think he’d think of it? Do you think he knows what it is?” Trump said in the video.
(Screenshot from Facebook)
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The Facebook video is edited. In the original clip uploaded March 20 by Fox, Trump showed Ingraham the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office. The Fox News chyron read, “Trump shows Laura the Declaration of Independence.”
The Bitcoin whitepaper, or the original paper detailing its concept, was written by Satoshi Nakamoto and published in 2009.
A video doesn’t show Trump unveiling the Bitcoin whitepaper at the White House. We rate that claim Pants on Fire!
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In the original video, President Donald Trump showed Fox News host Laura Ingraham the Declaration of Independence, not a Bitcoin whitepaper.
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Facebook post, March 22, 2025
CBS News, Trump launches his own $TRUMP meme coin, price soars overnight, Jan. 20, 2025
The Associated Press, Trump signs executive order to establish government bitcoin reserve, March 6, 2025
The White House, Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile, March 6, 2025
YouTube video by Fox News, Trump hangs Declaration of Independence in Oval Office: 'Never been up' before, March 20, 2025
Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, accessed March 27, 2025
Bitcoin, Frequently Asked Questions, accessed March 27, 2025
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