The Trump administration’s new National Cyber Strategy places the security of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology within the United States’ broader efforts to maintain leadership in emerging technologies.
The document says the government will support the security of “cryptocurrency and blockchain technology,” in a section focused on maintaining “advantages in key emerging technologies.”
The statement is included in President Trump’s U.S. Cyber Strategy, which outlines six policy pillars to guide federal cyber policy, including securing infrastructure, modernizing federal networks, and strengthening U.S. dominance in areas such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
“Build secure technologies and supply chains that protect user privacy from design to deployment, including support for the security of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Accelerate the adoption of post-quantum cryptography and secure quantum computing,” according to the document.
“And protect the AI technology stack, including data centers, and foster innovation in AI security,” the document added.
The strategy places blockchain security alongside AI and post-quantum cryptography to frame decentralized financial infrastructure as part of a domestic technology race against foreign rivals.
This strategy does not introduce any specific cryptocurrency regulations. Still, this language indicates that federal policymakers view the security of blockchain systems as part of protecting economic and technological leadership.
Still, it further highlights the Trump administration’s commitment to the crypto space (which has recently come under intense scrutiny), which he has supported since his 2024 campaign.
In July of the same year, President Trump spoke at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, pledging to make the United States the “crypto capital of the planet” and a “Bitcoin superpower.” He pledged to end what he called the push for anti-cryptocurrency regulations and proposed the creation of a national stockpile of Bitcoin.
In early 2025, he ordered the creation of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve using seized Bitcoin, launched a Presidential Task Force on Digital Assets, and banned the use of U.S. central bank digital currencies (though a year later, there is still no reserve). Later that year, he promoted the Stablecoin Act, known as the GENIUS Act, and continued to push for broader market structure rules for the industry.
He has also repealed various Biden-era anti-crypto policies and seen US lawmakers drop lawsuits against large crypto companies such as Uniswap, Tron, Coinbase, and Binance.