Trump established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile. Here is what the long-awaited Executive Order means.

Trump hat gestern die lang-erwartete Executive-Order erlassen, die eine "Strategische Bitcoin Reserve" und einen "US Digital Asset Stockpile" einrichtet. Historischer Moment für Bitcoin und Krypto.

Wie der Name schon sagt, sollen unter der "Strategischen Bitcoin Reserve", die im Staatsbesitz befindlichen Bitcoin einheitlich verwaltet werden.

Es geht konkret um die bereits von US-Behörden beschlagnahmten Bitcoin, die nun zentral verwaltet werden und nicht mehr veräußert werden sollen.

Ähnliches sieht die "Digital Asset Stockpile" vor, allerdings geht es hier um Altcoins und für diese soll es keine grundsätzliche Veräußerungsklausel wie bei Bitcoin geben.

Aber auch andere beschlagnahmte Kryptos sollen vom Staat einheitlich erfasst und verwaltet werden. Finde den Ansatz sehr vernünftig.

Beide Depots sollen übrigens im Finanzministerium angesiedelt sein.

Und die Executive Order beinhaltet noch eine interessante Klausel zu Bitcoin. Der Finanz- und der Wirtschaftsminister sollen weiters Strategien dazu entwickeln, wie der Staat seine Bitcoin-Reserve ausbauen kann, ohne dabei das Budget oder die Steuerzahler zu belasten.

Viel konkreter wird es aber nicht, weswegen viele Kommentatoren die EO so interpretieren, dass es im Moment vor allem um die bereits beschlagnahmten Krypto-Assets geht, die der Staat nun zentral verwalten soll. Klingt eigentlich sehr vernünftig. Eine ähnliche Regelung sollte es auch in Deutschland und Österreich geben.

Was sagt ihr dazu, dass die USA jetzt tatsächlich eine Bitcoin- und Krypto-Reserve anlegen?

US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile Executive Order (March 6th 2025)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/establishment-of-the-strategic-bitcoin-reserveand-united-states-digital-asset-stockpile/

Most important excepts

Because there is a fixed supply of BTC, there is a strategic advantage to being among the first nations to create a strategic bitcoin reserve.

Government BTC deposited into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve shall not be sold and shall be maintained as reserve assets of the United States

The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce shall develop strategies for acquiring additional Government BTC provided that such strategies are budget neutral and do not impose incremental costs on United States taxpayers

Decrypt: President Trump Signs Executive Order to Establish Bitcoin Reserve, Crypto Stockpile

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English

Yesterday, Trump signed the long-awaited executive order establishing a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” and a “US Digital Asset Stockpile”. Historic moment for Bitcoin and crypto.

As the name suggests, the “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” will be used to manage the government-owned Bitcoin in a standardized manner.

Specifically, this concerns the Bitcoin already confiscated by US authorities, which will now be managed centrally and will no longer be sold.

The “Digital Asset Stockpile” provides for something similar, although this concerns altcoins and there is to be no fundamental disposal clause for these as there is for Bitcoin.

However, other confiscated cryptos are also to be uniformly recorded and managed by the state. I find the approach very sensible.

Incidentally, both depots are to be located in Department of the Treasury.

And the executive order also contains an interesting clause on Bitcoin. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce are to develop further strategies on how the state can expand its Bitcoin reserve without burdening the budget or taxpayers.

However, it doesn't get much more specific than that, which is why many commentators interpret the EO to mean that at the moment it is primarily about the crypto assets that have already been confiscated and which the state should now manage under one department. That actually sounds very reasonable to me. There should also be a similar policy in Germany and Austria.

What do you think of the fact that the USA is now actually creating a Bitcoin and crypto reserve?

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