XRP, Solana and Cardano: the silenced altcoins in the U.S. Strategic Reserve. Following President Donald Trump's confirmation of creating a bitcoin treasury, the reserve of altcoins did not continue to resonate in the media.

The inclusion of XRP, SOL and ADA could have profound effects on the cryptocurrency market. Source: Grok.

The inclusion of XRP, SOL and ADA could have profound effects on the cryptocurrency market. Source: Grok.

Even at the Congressional level, there is no talk of altcoins, only of a bitcoin reserve.

Trump recently reaffirmed that these cryptocurrencies will be part of a national treasury.

On March 2, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump surprised the cryptocurrency ecosystem by confirming that the country's Strategic Reserve of Digital Assets would not only include bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), but also XRP, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA).

However, despite this historic announcement, public and media conversation has revolved almost exclusively around BTC, relegating these altcoins to the background. Even in the U.S. Congress, where the economic impact of this initiative is debated, altcoins are barely mentioned, with the focus remaining on the BTC treasury.

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What happened to XRP, Solana and Cardano? Why does their inclusion seem to have been silenced?

It all began with Trump's promise during the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, where he proposed the idea of a strategic reserve based on BTC as a pillar to position the U.S. as the "crypto capital of the world," as reported by CriptoNoticias.

This vision took concrete form on January 23, 2025, when he signed an executive order to create a national reserve of digital assets, as reported by this media.

At that time, the emphasis was on bitcoin, with plans to accumulate up to 200,000 BTC. The narrative was clear: bitcoin would be the core of this strategy, a "digital gold" for the 21st century.

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However, on March 2