Bitcoin and Ethereum have both jumped more than 10% over the last day after President Donald Trump clarified that both will feature prominently in a planned U.S. crypto reserve—alongside assets that have posted even larger gains on Sunday.

As of this writing, Bitcoin is up nearly 11% on the day to a current price of $94,130, per data from CoinGecko, clawing back recent gains after falling as low as $78,940 on Friday. It's still down more than 1% on the week amid the volatility.

Ethereum, meanwhile, has popped by nearly 14% over the past day to a current price just above $2,500—though ETH remains down 11% over the past seven days.

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Trump Says Crypto Reserve Will Hold XRP, Solana, Cardano—And 'Obviously' Bitcoin and Ethereum

President Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will create a "crypto reserve" that will include digital assets XRP, Solana, and Cardano. His initial post to Truth Social excluded Bitcoin from the list, which confused observers who wondered why the largest crypto asset by market cap wouldn't be included in such a reserve. Trump, appearing to respond to the confusion, followed up with a second post to Truth Social to set the record straight: "And, obviously, BTC and ETH, as other valuable cryptocurrenc...

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Mat Di Salvo

On Sunday, Trump posted on Truth Social, writing that the valuable crypto assets XRP, Solana, and Cardano would feature in a planned "crypto strategic reserve." However, he did not mention Bitcoin in the initial post, despite it being the original focus in a reserve plan that he first detailed at last year's Bitcoin Nashville conference.

Before long, however, he posted a follow-up post on the network clarifying that both Bitcoin and Ethereum would be included, as well.

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"And, obviously, BTC and ETH, as other valuable cryptocurrencies, will be the heart of the reserve," Trump wrote. "I also love Bitcoin and Ethereum!"

While the two top assets are showing sizable gains on the day, the first three assets he mentioned have popped even higher on the day. XRP is up 35% to a current price of $2.92, Solana has risen 24% to about $175, and Cardano is leading the pack with an enormous 68% spike to $1.07 as of this writing.

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