Elizabeth Warren , a Democratic senator, wrote a letter to David Sacks, Trump’s crypto advisor, raising questions about how fair the new crypto reserve would be, including the five cryptocurrencies being promoted alongside it. She argues that publicity of the new reserve may boost prices for people already holding the token, thus making wealthy people more wealthy and enriching insiders who knew about the crypto policies in advance. Warren, a ranking member of the Senate’s Banking Committee, asked David Sacks whether he disclosed any financial holdings with the Office of Government Ethics. She further wanted to know whether he had any holdings in the cryptos included in the reserve or the digital asset holdings. “I write today to request information about how you, as President Trump’s ‘Crypto Czar,’ have addressed your conflicts of interest, and how you will prevent the President and other private individuals from directly profiting off of the Trump Administration’s efforts to selectively pump the value of certain crypto assets, drop crypto asset-related enforcement actions, and deregulate the crypto asset industry”. There is still a lot of ambiguity about the nature of a Bitcoin reserve. The reserve itself will only include Bitcoin, but there will exist a separate fund for other currencies. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will be taken from seized assets held by federal authorities. “These actions have the potential to benefit billionaire investors, Trump Administration insiders, and speculators at the expense of middle-class families”, wrote Warren in her letter to David Sacks. “The planned Crypto Strategic Reserve is just the most recent example of a Trump Administration crypto policy with the potential to benefit a wealthy, well-connected few at the expense of taxpayers”. “Just last week, for example, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), chaired by Mark Uyeda, who was chosen as Acting Chair by President Trump, issued a Staff Statement asserting that most meme coins are not securities and, thus, are not subject to federal securities safeguards”. Warren requested the identities of anyone who helped Trump decide which cryptocurrencies to include in the funds. She wanted to know whether there were any conflicts of interest or anyone advising the project with cryptocurrency holdings. “Meme coins are known for their high volatility and ‘rug pulls’”, wrote Warren, “where a coin is ‘launched and quickly abandoned, leaving investors with steep losses’. Despite these schemes’ clear harm to consumers, the SEC statement could ‘shield companies and individuals that create meme coins from potential litigation’. Howard Lutnick, coordinator of the U.S.-China trade war, had to be transparent when his financial ties to China were made public. A similar action may need to be taken regarding David Sacks to reassure the public of the legitimacy of a Bitcoin reserve fund.