U.S. to Launch Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Amid Price Surge

• The U.S. moves closer to a formal Bitcoin reserve, signaling mainstream federal crypto adoption.
• The Treasury confirms $15–20 billion in seized Bitcoin already under federal control.
• Texas and Trump-backed legislation drive momentum toward a nationwide Bitcoin reserve policy.

The United States has been progressing towards a state where its government supports a Bitcoin reserve as a component of its new digital asset policy. Senator Cynthia Lummis declared that the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) might start funding anytime, and it is a historic milestone in federal crypto policy. Her comments follow on Bitcoin shooting to $126,000, which bolsters institutional trust in the digital currency. The program is an indication of a larger-scale change in the way Washington views Bitcoin as an asset of national significance.

Washington Moves to Formalize Bitcoin Holdings

Senator Lummis attributed the move by President Trump to speed up the implementation of the SBR to be a significant milestone in the U.S. leading the digital economy. As she writes in X, the initiative is after a long period of cooperation between the Treasury Department, the Digital Asset Working Group, and the private-sector advisors on the development of a long-term reserve strategy.

The scheme became viral when a Bitwise investor Jeff Park proposed to move unrealized gains of U.S. gold reserves into Bitcoin. According to Park, the move would diversify federal resources as well as boost capital growth, making Bitcoin a contemporary equivalent of gold.

This was confirmed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who stated that the government already possessed an estimated amount of $1520 billion of Bitcoin, mostly via confiscated assets. With formalization, the holdings would be included in an organized acquisition program, which would make the U.S. one of the largest sovereign holders of Bitcoin in the world.

States and Lawmakers Drive Momentum

In the state level, Texas has already laid a precedent. In a move led by Governor Greg Abbott, the Senate Bill 21 permitted the comptroller to buy and hold Bitcoin on behalf of the state treasury. Cryptocurrency policy activist Dennis Porter called the legislation a watershed that would probably encourage other states to follow suit.

Representative Tim Burchett, on Capitol Hill, has presented H.R. 3798, also referred to as the Trump SBR Bill, to make Bitcoin acquisitions a permanent part of the U.S. economic policy. Assuming its passage, the bill would compel the federal agencies to store Bitcoin in addition to conventional strategic resources such as oil and gold.

The U.S. is the latest country in the world to include Bitcoin in sovereign wealth funds. The holdings of El Salvador are now worth over $775 million, whereas UAE is reportedly in control of over 6,000 BTC. Analysts believe the involvement of Washington would make Bitcoin a mainstay of the modern management of reserves.