3 Ways How The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Could Be Funded
At the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) 2025 Conference, a panel of experts outlined how the U.S. could build and fund a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, echoing moves traditionally made in gold, oil and other critical resources.
What Happened: Matthew Pines of the Bitcoin Policy Institute explained that a recent executive order by President Trump directed the Commerce and Treasury departments to identify “budget-neutral” ways to acquire more Bitcoin, without additional cost to taxpayers.
The order also prevents the sale of any currently held Bitcoin, while authorizing the consolidation of other digital assets under federal control.
Pines emphasized that the U.S. already controls a substantial Bitcoin holding between 30% and 40% of the total circulating supply, far surpassing its share of above-ground gold, which sits around 8% to 10%.
This, he said, gives …
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