Rather than buy bitcoin directly, Donald Trump’s plan calls for holding the US government’s current bitcoin assets in reserve—and creates a separate stockpile for other crypto coins.

Similar to how the government has a reserve of other currencies such as gold, this reserve houses the country's digital currency.

President Donald Trump established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a stockpile of other digital assets through an executive order on Thursday. The Treasury Department will set up an office to administer the reserve,