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U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: What the Executive Order Actually Does

7/7/2026

The United States government holds a stockpile of bitcoin ($BTC) under a reserve framework established by executive order in March 2025, directing that those coins be treated as a long-term asset and not sold.

The order positions $BTC alongside gold as a strategic holding — a significant policy shift that moves federal bitcoin ownership out of the realm of seized-asset management and into formal reserve doctrine.

What the Executive Order Establishes The order created what is formally called the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a government-held pool of $BTC designated as a long-term reserve asset.

The directive is explicit on disposition: the coins placed in the reserve are not to be sold.

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