Just now! Trump announced: $BTC may be put into a "presidential account", will China be worried? Behind it hides a nuclear-level signal.

Something happened today in the Oval Office of the White House that’s worth setting your coffee down and listening to carefully.

As Trump himself said: $BTC the future may see it stuffed into that newly launched “Trump Account.” He added on his own—“I’m now a huge fan of cryptocurrency.”

This isn’t just something he said casually. At the time, he was ringing the opening bell for both the NYSE and Nasdaq—historically, it was the first time in White House history that both major exchanges were honored with bell-ringing at the same time. Standing next to him were Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, SEC Chair Paul Atkins, the heads of the NYSE and Nasdaq, and tech moguls Michael Dell and his wife. The Dells pledged on the spot to put in more than $6 billion for this children’s savings plan.

When reporters pressed, asking whether the Trump Account would hold $BTC, Trump didn’t give a timeline, but his exact words were: “Yes, something could happen.” Then he used the question as an opening to explain the real reason for his change in stance: “The only reason I became a firm supporter of cryptocurrency is that if we don’t seize it, China will end up getting it first. They really want to dominate this space. But now they’re not trying as hard anymore, because we’re already dominating.”

He also looked back on the process of his shift: in the first half of his first term, he wasn’t very involved; later, he found that huge numbers of people love cryptocurrency, and as a businessman he saw money flowing into the $BTC market. He specifically emphasized that the scale of $BTC usage has reached a level where “nobody really fully understands it.”

The backdrop of his entire speech was always competition between the U.S. and China. He kept repeating: the United States must stay ahead in the digital assets space, or it will fall behind.

On the same day, he also talked about how AI leadership over China depends on open data center energy permitting, and he criticized wind power. He also confirmed, as a side note, that he spoke by phone with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and helped revoke a red card for U.S. player Folarin Balogun—although Belgium raised objections.

Many people may still not have figured out what the “Trump Account” is. According to the “One Great Beautiful Bill” signed in 2025, this tax-advantaged investment account, known as the 530A account, launches on July 4, 2026. For each eligible American child (a citizen born between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2028), the government deposits $1,000 as seed funding in one lump sum. Families can add up to another $5,000 per year. The money is locked until the child turns 18, and then it automatically converts into a traditional individual retirement account. At its core, it’s meant to help young people build wealth while injecting long-term liquidity into the capital markets. The Dells’ $6 billion donation, in one big amount, made the plan feel real.

Looking further back, Trump’s policies in the crypto space follow a clear line. In March 2025, he signed an executive order to establish a U.S. Strategic $BTC Reserve and a Digital Asset Reserve, prohibiting the government from selling the $BTC it holds through methods such as confiscation. At the time, the U.S. government held more than 207,000 $BTC, worth nearly $17 billion. In July 2025, he signed the “GENIUS Act,” which is the first federal-level crypto legislation in the United States—setting up a regulatory framework specifically for payment stablecoins. At the same time, he eased enforcement efforts by the previous administration from the Department of Justice and the SEC, and removed some restrictions on banks participating in crypto activities. The bigger market-structure bill, the “Clarity Act,” is still being worked through in Congress.

Now, his open posture toward putting $BTC into children’s savings accounts is like a shot of adrenaline for the market. The message is very clear: the U.S. wants to be the boss in global crypto, and it’s going to do it with national-level tools and institutions.

As for whether $BTC will truly be included in the “Trump Account” and how fast the related policies get implemented—those are the variables the market should watch next most closely.

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