# 2025-03992: Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: U.S. Hoards Crypto as National Asset

2025-03992, Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-03-11, effective 2025-03-06 (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-03992
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-03992
- Title: Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 11789
- Published: 2025-03-11
- Effective: 2025-03-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: U.S. Hoards Crypto as National Asset

## Summary

The U.S. government is creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile to better manage and protect its digital money, especially Bitcoin. Agencies must review and transfer their Bitcoin holdings to this reserve within 30 days, and the government won’t sell these assets but will use them strategically. This move aims to boost America’s financial power using digital assets starting right now.

## Effects PRIA read

- No Taxpayer Cost for New BTC Buys: benefit, low. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce may develop strategies to acquire additional Government BTC only if those strategies are budget neutral and do not impose incremental costs on United States taxpayers.
- Returned Assets for Crime Victims: benefit, low. The order allows Government Digital Assets (including BTC and other stockpile assets) or proceeds from their sale to be returned to identifiable and verifiable victims of crime.
- Use and Sharing for Law Enforcement: benefit, low. The order permits Government Digital Assets or proceeds to be used for law enforcement operations and to be equitably shared with State and local law enforcement partners.
- No New Stockpile Purchases Without Action: benefit, low. The United States Government shall not acquire additional Stockpile Assets (digital assets other than BTC) except in connection with criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings or in satisfaction of any civil money penalty imposed by an agency, unless there is further executive or legislative ac…

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## Sources
- [2025-03992 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/11/2025-03992/establishment-of-the-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-and-united-states-digital-asset-stockpile)
- [2025-03992 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-11/pdf/2025-03992.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-03992 (as of 2026-11-03).