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Trump signed an executive order in March 2025 to create what he called a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
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The order directed the Treasury and Commerce departments to develop budget-neutral methods for acquiring bitcoin, ones that would not draw on taxpayer money.
Key facts
- When Trump first called for the reserve, bitcoin traded near $93,000; it now sits above $64,000, a drop of about a third
- Estimates put it above 300,000 coins, worth more than $20 billion at current prices, according to Arkham Intelligence
- While the structure remains unresolved, Trump has built a personal bitcoin position of more than $50 million, according to his recent financial disclosure
- Trump signed an executive order in March 2025 to create what he called a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, along with a separate U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile for other cryptocurrencies
Summary
A dispute between the Treasury and Commerce departments over who should oversee the proposed U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has delayed its rollout more than a year after President Trump ordered its creation, according to a Bloomberg report. Sixteen months after President Donald Trump ordered his administration to build a federal bitcoin reserve, the White House says it is still working out how the fund should be structured, and a dispute between two departments has slowed the effort, according to recent reporting from Bloomberg. Trump signed an executive order in March 2025 to create what he called a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, along with a separate U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile for other cryptocurrencies. The reserve was to be funded in large part with bitcoin the government already holds through criminal and civil forfeitures.