Exactly one year ago, American President Donald Trump signed a striking decree: the United States received an official Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a US Digital Asset Stockpile.
It was supposed to be a historic moment for crypto. But twelve months later, the reality appears to be a lot less spectacular. The US crypto reserve has lost billions of dollars in value and there is still no concrete plan to buy more bitcoin. However, it is still a positive development for the industry.
Two different crypto reserves
On March 6, 2025, Trump ordered the establishment of two separate reserves by presidential decree.
The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve consisting exclusively of Bitcoin (BTC). In addition, the U.S. Founded Digital Asset Stockpile, a broader portfolio with various altcoins.
Important detail: the government was not allowed to purchase new crypto for these stocks, except through seizures. This mainly concerns crypto coins that have been confiscated by American authorities in criminal cases.
Until then, these crypto coins were spread among various federal agencies and investigative services. Now the coins are part of the national treasury and are kept for the long term.
The US government itself does not publish complete figures, but blockchain analyzes do provide a reasonable picture of the reserves.
Data from Arkham Intelligence shows that there are now 328,372 Bitcoins in the wallet in question. At the current Bitcoin price, this represents a value of 23.16 billion.
There is also a whole mountain of other coins to be found, but the amounts are all much, much lower. We see $130 million worth of Ethereum (ETH), $126 million worth of stablecoin USDT and, for example, $25 million worth of BNB (BNB).
When Trump signed the decree, the portfolio was still worth more than 30 billion dollars. The value is now approximately 26 percent lower, but more than 130,000 Bitcoins have been added in the meantime.
Bitcoin reserve not growing yet
When the big news was released last year, we saw the Bitcoin price actually drop. Bitcoiners were simply disappointed that no new coins were purchased or that there was any clear plan for this at all.
But during his presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly talked about the seized Bitcoins that he believed should never be sold.
“If elected, it will be the policy of my administration to retain 100% of all Bitcoin that the U.S. government currently owns or acquires in the future,” he said.
Trump’s crypto and AI advisor David Sacks immediately made it clear last year that new purchases are only possible under strict conditions:
“It should not increase the budget deficit, it should not increase the national debt and it should not burden the American people.”
Bo Hines, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, said last July that the United States “believes in accumulation.” And Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, said his ministry is “committed to exploring budget-neutral options to purchase additional Bitcoin.” But nothing concrete has ever been released until now.
In any case, Bitcoin has moved another step towards the status of ‘digital gold’.
Source: https://newsbit.nl/donald-trumps-bitcoin-reserve-bestaat-een-jaar-hoe-staat-het-ervoor/
