The U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing both a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile. The move, confirmed by White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks in a March 7 post on X, aims to store seized cryptocurrencies obtained through criminal and civil cases. “The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve will be capitalized with Bitcoin owned by the federal government that was forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings,” Sacks explained. This means that rather than selling confiscated BTC—as has historically been the practice—the U.S. government will now hold onto Bitcoin as a long-term store of value. The White House’s March 6 fact sheet further clarified that non-Bitcoin assets would be held separately in the Digital Asset Stockpile, also under the management of the Treasury Department. No Bitcoin Sales, But Other Crypto Could Be Liquidated Sacks described the Bitcoin reserve as a “digital Fort Knox”, emphasizing that no BTC placed into the reserve would be sold. Instead, federal agencies will evaluate legal pathways for transferring additional Bitcoin holdings into the reserve. While the Bitcoin reserve will remain untouched, the Digital Asset Stockpile appears to have a different approach. Sacks stated that only cryptocurrencies obtained through forfeiture will be added, and that the Treasury Secretary will have discretion over potential liquidations. In line with the order, the Treasury and Commerce Secretaries have been directed to formulate budget-neutral strategies for acquiring more Bitcoin without imposing additional costs on taxpayers. Days before signing the executive order, Trump suggested that XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA) would be included in the reserve. He later clarified that Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) would form the core holdings. However, blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence reports that the U.S. government does not currently hold any XRP, SOL, or ADA. Instead, its largest crypto holdings include $17.87 billion in BTC, $119 million in ETH, and $122 million in USDT. Audit Report Soon Sacks acknowledged that a complete audit of U.S. government-owned crypto holdings has never been conducted. Trump’s latest executive order mandates a full accounting of all digital assets held by federal agencies. Per the directive, agencies must submit their crypto holdings to the Treasury Secretary and the President’s crypto working group , which was established in January to study the feasibility of a digital asset stockpile. The post Trump Signs Executive Order to Create Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile appeared first on TheCoinrise.com .