Exploring Trump’s Crypto Executive Order and AI Investment Strategy

Since assuming office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced significant policy shifts regarding cryptocurrency and AI technology. Unlike the previous U.S. administration, Trump is shaping a crypto and AI regulatory landscape that encourages entrepreneurship and mass adoption of innovative technologies. The new administration has decisively shown that it intends to make the U.S. the global crypto and AI leader by introducing supportive regulations for these two sectors. This means streamlined access to cryptocurrency, blockchain-based platforms, and AI technologies for everyday users and companies. Through Trump’s crypto executive order and new AI regulations, numerous lucrative business opportunities are opening up for Web3 companies, AI innovators, and Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud.

The Trump administration is decisive in ending the crypto debanking policy of the previous U.S. government, and it’s set on supporting large-scale AI investment and infrastructure expansion.

These policy changes may significantly impact the decentralized cloud computing sector, allowing Aethir to expand the reach of decentralized GPU cloud computing in the U.S.

As an enterprise-grade decentralized GPU cloud, Aethir utilizes Web3 blockchain solutions and high-performance GPU infrastructure to support AI and gaming enterprises at scale. Regulatory changes that support Web3 and AI market growth in the U.S. also have a supportive impact on Aethir’s vision of universal decentralized cloud computing. 

Let’s explore Trump’s crypto executive order and AI investment strategy.

How Trump’s Crypto Executive Order Can Boost Web3 Adoption and End Crypto Debanking

On 7 March, Trump signed a crypto executive order to establish the U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve, which will include Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), and Ripple (XRP). This is the first time Bitcoin and other selected cryptocurrencies have been formally recognized as reserve assets by the United States government, clearly paving the way for the broader institutional adoption of digital currencies in the U.S. 

President Trump emphasized that his administration will work on making America the world's undisputed Bitcoin and cryptocurrency capital, in his speech at the recent Digital Asset Summit 2025. He highlighted the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, Digital Asset Stockpile, and friendly regulatory changes, which are all crucial for fostering responsible digital asset growth and building a more predictable business landscape.

Taking a step forward, the U.S. administration plans to roll back crypto debanking rules of the Biden administration and could target key Federal Reserve policies through another crypto executive order. The order will likely remove any regulatory initiatives associated with the Biden-era crypto debanking Operation Chokepoint 2.0 measures aimed at denying crypto companies and executives traditional, fiat-currency banking services. 

If Trump’s crypto executive order impacts Federal Reserve policies regarding master accounts, allowing crypto banks to access the Fed’s services would constitute a massive development for the digital assets industry. Furthermore, the crypto executive order may address stablecoins and remove these USD-pegged digital currencies from the list of securities.

Judging by the available news, the order will seek to ease crypto-related banking regulations and create a more favorable economic climate for individuals and enterprises in the Web3 space, including Aethir’s decentralized cloud infrastructure.

AI Investment Strategy: Impact on GPU Infrastructure and High-Performance Cloud Computing

President Trump signed Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, on January 25, just a few days after assuming office. The executive order calls for an aggressive AI investment strategy and infrastructure expansion, encouraging AI innovators to establish enterprises and conduct large-scale AI research to launch the world’s most advanced AI platforms and products in the U.S. 

Trump’s AI investment strategy supports unrestricted AI research and development, along with national security-focused AI investments and economic growth through AI innovation. High-performance GPU computing is essential for advanced AI development, given that AI workloads such as AI inference, large language model (LLM) training, and AI agent training are extremely GPU-intensive. Government support for cloud computing power is vital for AI training and deployment because of the crucial role of GPUs in AI innovation. Encouragement for private-sector AI and cloud computing collaborations in the U.S. boosts opportunities for Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud computing model. 

President Trump's plan for TSMC, Taiwan's leading semiconductor company, to invest $100 billion into new semiconductor facilities in Arizona is significant news for the U.S. AI sector. AI enterprises will have a large-scale local production source for high-tech semiconductors used in GPUs and AI applications. In the long run, TSMC’s production expansion to the U.S. may contribute to broader AI enterprise access to premium semiconductors, thus creating a more competitive market environment and supporting the growth of the AI industry. Increased focus on U.S.-based AI infrastructure, including TSMC’s expanded U.S. investments, will drive demand for alternative computing resources such as Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud.

The Role of Aethir’s Decentralized GPU Cloud in This New Regulatory Landscape

Aethir’s technology enables distributed access to high-performance AI computing power, reducing reliance on traditional cloud giants. In the new crypto and AI-friendly U.S. landscape, many potentially new Web3 and AI startups will need access to premium computing power to launch their innovative platforms and applications. 

With localized semiconductor production, U.S.-based cloud computing providers will be able to onboard new cohorts of GPU computing resources more easily. However, centralized cloud providers mainly concentrate GPU resources in major regional hubs, preventing them from reaching users at the network’s edge cost-efficiently. Also, while centralized clouds have the power to support large-scale AI enterprises, smaller companies and AI startups can find it quite expensive to purchase GPU computing from these industry leaders.

That’s precisely where Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud can fill the gap by addressing enterprise AI demand for decentralized computing. With fewer regulations on AI, the demand for GPU power will surge. Centralized clouds aren’t a good fit for all companies, especially in the Web3 AI sector, where a blockchain-friendly, distributed option like Aethir represents a secure, scalable, and cost-efficient choice for AI innovators. Trump’s AI policy shift opens the market for decentralized computing providers, and Aethir has successfully built the only distributed enterprise-grade GPU-as-a-service model for AI enterprises.

Mark Rydon, Aethir’s Co-founder, and CSO, recently spoke at the Montana Legislature hearing concerning Senate Bill 265: Financial Freedom and Innovation Act. At the hearing, Mark emphasized that Aethir supports clearer rules and a transparent regulatory framework as essential prerequisites for the future growth of digital assets on U.S. soil.

Trump’s crypto executive order and AI policy shifts will drive demand for Web3 and decentralized computing. At the same time, the Crypto Strategic Reserve boosts confidence in blockchain-based solutions, leading to more investments in Web3 and decentralized AI infrastructure. As AI and crypto grow under this new policy framework, Aethir is positioned to lead the next wave of decentralized GPU cloud innovation.