"The most important one is that he doesn't want to be a lame duck. He wants to have another one or two productive years, and I think he sees crypto as a path to the future,"
"It seems as though there has been reticence about actually buying bitcoin for the strategic reserve,"
"So far, it's confiscated [bitcoin]."
"The original intent was to own one million bitcoins, so I actually think they will start buying."
Political momentum around cryptocurrency and incentives for President Trump ahead of the 2026 midterms increase the likelihood that the federal government will move from holding only seized bitcoin to actively purchasing BTC for a national strategic reserve. An executive order early in the second term created a U.S. BTC reserve, a broader digital asset stockpile, and an interagency working group chaired by Special Advisor for AI and Crypto David Sacks. To date, the reserve contains only criminally forfeited bitcoin that the administration has pledged not to sell. The original target of owning one million bitcoins could motivate future purchases. Industry political mobilization has grown.
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