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U.S. Crypto Task Force to Focus on Delivering National Bitcoin Reserve: Bernstein

The Federal Reserve could issue debt or sell some of its gold reserves to fund purchases of BTC, the report said.

Every state should have a strategic bitcoin reserve.
U.S. crypto task force to focus on delivering a national bitcoin reserve: Bernstein (Michael Saylor/X)

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  • The U.S. crypto task force will focus on delivering a national bitcoin reserve, the report said.
  • Bernstein said the Federal Reserve could issue debt or sell some of its gold reserves to fund cryptocurrency purchases.
  • The formation of a U.S. bitcoin reserve could lead to a race among sovereign nations to buy the world's largest cryptocurrency, the broker said.

The U.S. crypto task force will focus on starting up a national bitcoin (BTC) reserve, a move that is likely to spur similar efforts worldwide, broker Bernstein said in a research report Monday.

"A creation of a U.S. bitcoin reserve could lead to a global race amongst sovereigns to buy bitcoin as one of the reserve assets," analysts led by Gautam Chhugani wrote.

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The formation of a strategic reserve poses a number of structural questions, the report said.

Will the U.S. Federal Reserve or the Treasury buy bitcoin? If the Fed, that would require legislative approval, the report noted.

How would the Fed fund cryptocurrency purchases? Bernstein said it could issue debt or sell some of its gold reserves.

The U.S. government could add the $20 billion in bitcoin it has seized from criminal enterprises to any national reserve, the report added.

The broker noted that the Trump administration also announced the creation of a sovereign wealth fund (SWF).

Such a fund "would consider key U.S. crypto companies/market leaders, as strategic assets to own," Bernstein said. "Investors should position themselves for the next leg of the bull market across bitcoin and bitcoin linked equities."

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Will Canny

Will Canny is an experienced market reporter with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. He's now covering the crypto beat as a finance reporter at CoinDesk. He owns more than $1,000 of SOL.

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