Former President Donald Trump addressed a bitcoin conference Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, promising that the United States will become a “bitcoin-mining powerhouse” if he is elected to a second term in the White House.

The 2024 Republican presidential nominee, who had notably been skeptical of cryptocurrency, made a stop at the event before his rally with running mate J.D. Vance on Saturday night in Minnesota. The addition of the Ohio senator to the GOP ticket was a welcome development for proponents of cryptocurrency, and Trump became the first president “ever to address a Bitcoin event.”