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I hope you are all having a good day, welcome to CryptoGod-1's blog on all things crypto. In this post I will be looking at how Senator Cynthia Lummis is backing a Bitcoin Reserve which will require no purchases.
Cynthia Lummis Backs Budget-Neutral Bitcoin Reserve
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has backed the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with his plan to grow the United States Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. This plan will involve making use of confiscated assets and budget-neutral measures instead of directly purchasing any Bitcoin. It is beleived this approach could bolster U.S. crypto holdings while avoiding further strain on the nation’s $37 trillion debt. The comments from Lummis came after Bessent’s Fox News interview earlier this week where he revealed the plan.
https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/1956080030137626887
It was on Thursday during an interview with reporter Maria Bartiromo where Bessent revealed that the U.S. will not purchase Bitcoin outright for the reserve. Lummis has long been an advocaat of finding new ways to secure Bitcoin for a strategic reserve, having also proposed revaluing the nation’s gold holdings via the BITCOIN Act to make use of the current market appreciation of gold to fund the purchase of up to 1,000,000 BTC over five years. This would include a mandatory 20-year holding period. This would be considered a budget-neutral method of increasing the strategic Bitcoin Reserve under President Trump’s executive order establishing the reserve back in March 2025.
Lummis took to 'X' when she posted he appreciation of Bessent's plan and agreed with his thinking.
https://x.com/SenLummis/status/1956134425181479398
So far the majority of the Bitcoin controlled by the United States government has come from seizures and confiscations. Although Bitcoin hit a new all-time high above $124,000 on Thursday the States have not currently looked to add to their stockpile. Given that Bessent’s public stance on not purchasing new Bitcoin aligns with Lummis’ proposal via the BITCOIN Act, it certainly seems these two will remain aligned and the United States will have some interesting developments in regards to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in the coming months and years.
The final version of the BITCOIN Act is expected to include detailed mechanisms for implementing the gold revaluation process and managing the subsequent Bitcoin acquisitions. As the proposal moves through the legislative process, its passage will depend on how effectively it is framed as both a fiscally responsible and strategically sound initiative.
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