U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order creating a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" and "Digital Asset Reserve," which will initially be created with cryptocurrency confiscated as part of government criminal and civil cases. In addition, the Department of Finance and the Department of Commerce will develop "budget-neutral strategies" for acquiring new bitcoins so as not to create additional costs for U.S. taxpayers. The details are not yet clear. The purpose of the reserve is expected to be to hold bitcoin as a long-term asset. To date, the United States government owns approximately 200,000 bitcoins. Since the initial source of the reserve is the cryptocurrency already U.S. possession of the cryptocurrency, and no new large-scale purchases on the open market are planned, the reserve will not be created. open market is not planned, this news did not provoke the growth of of quotations. However, from the point of view of a long-term perspective, the adopted The decision indicates a growing interest in bitcoin and other crypto-assets at the level of the open market. crypto-assets at the level of states.