¡°Never sell your bitcoin,¡± Donald Trump told a cheering crowd at a crypto convention in Nashville, Tennessee in late July.

The Republican presidential candidate¡¯s speech was the latest overture in his effort to court crypto-focused voters ahead of November¡¯s election and offered a bevy of campaign promises, including a plan for a state bitcoin reserve.

¡°If elected, it will be the policy of my administration to keep 100% of all the bitcoin the U.S. government currently holds or acquires into the future,¡± Trump said, adding the funds would serve as the ¡°core of the strategic national bitcoin stockpile.¡±