Trump says he'll create a 'bitcoin national stockpile' as he courts the cryptocurrency crowd

Former President Donald Trump wants you to know he loves Bitcoin now.

Trump spoke at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville on Saturday, calling cryptocurrency "the steel industry of 100 years ago."

"I think you're just in your infancy," Trump told the meeting of crypto industry leaders. "I can see it happening. In just 15 years, bitcoin has gone from merely an idea posted anonymously on an internet message board to being the ninth most valuable asset anywhere in the world."

Trump said he'd lay out a plan "to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the bitcoin superpower of the world."