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New bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Thursday would lock U.S. government bitcoin holdings into a strategic
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It is the latest congressional push to codify President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order to establish a national bitcoin stockpile.
Key facts
- Jared Golden, D-Maine, introduced the "American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026," or ARMA, to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and separate Digital Asset Stockpile for non-bitcoin assets held
- Unofficial data from Arkham Intelligence pegs the current value of all U.S. government crypto holdings at roughly $26 billion, largely comprised of bitcoin, ether, and USDT — It is the latest congressional push to codify President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order to establish a national bitcoin stockpile
- According to the bill text obtained by the Block, ARMA would require all bitcoin (BTC) deposited into the reserve to sit there for a minimum of 20 years, barring the government from "selling
Summary
New bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Thursday would lock U.S. government bitcoin holdings into a strategic reserve for at least twenty years. The bill's author, Rep. According to the bill text obtained by the Block, ARMA would require all bitcoin (BTC) deposited into the reserve to sit there for a minimum of 20 years, barring the government from "selling, swapping, auctioning, encumbering, or otherwise disposing of" the assets for any reason. After the lockup period expires, the Treasury secretary could then recommend selling up to 10% of the reserve's assets in any two-year period.