U.S. President Donald Trump named XRP, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) arsenic 3 assets to beryllium contained successful a strategical crypto reserve connected Sunday, providing the archetypal details astir what this reserve whitethorn look like.
Not included were Bitcoin (BTC) oregon Ethereum (ETH), the 2 largest integer assets by marketplace capitalization. Trump made the announcement connected Truth Social, his societal media platform.
"A U.S. Crypto Reserve volition elevate this captious manufacture aft years of corrupt attacks by the Biden Administration, which is wherefore my Executive Order connected Digital Assets directed the Presidential Working Group to determination guardant connected a Crypto Strategic Reserve that includes XRP, SOL, and ADA," the station said. "I volition marque definite the U.S. is the Crypto Capital of the World. We are MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
The enforcement order, signed successful January, directs his moving radical to measure a crypto reserve, but did not explicitly telephone for the U.S. to make 1 outright. However, Trump has been discussing the thought since the 2024 statesmanlike campaign.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis has antecedently introduced a measure to make a strategical bitcoin reserve for the U.S., and has advocated for since Bitcoin Nashville, wherever Trump besides spoke. A fig of U.S. authorities legislatures person already introduced bills to make their ain crypto reserves, though these efforts person faltered successful several.