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Mar 6, 2025 The US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
On March 6, 2025, the US President signed an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
- Date
- Mar 6, 2025
- Instrument
- Executive order
- Funded by
- Forfeited bitcoin
What happened
The reserve is to be funded with bitcoin the federal government already holds from forfeitures, and the order says it should not be sold. It was the first time a major government treated Bitcoin as a national reserve asset.
Reactions were mixed. Supporters called it recognition of Bitcoin’s role as a store of value, and critics questioned why the state should hold it at all.
Why it mattered
A reserve held by a government was unthinkable in 2009. Read Bitcoin in 2025.
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