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Washington, August 15, 2025 - The U.S. Treasury Department has officially announced that it will no longer purchase bitcoin to form the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR). This was announced in an interview with Fox Businesssaid. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Three key principles of the new strategy:
Refusal to purchase: The United States will not purchase bitcoin with government funds.
Preservation of current assets: The reserve will be formed only from the already seized digital assets - about 198,022 BTC are on the state's balance sheet. At the current exchange rate, the value of the reserve is estimated at $15-20 billion.
New acquisitions are made only in a budget-neutral manner: The possibility of expanding the reserve is considered only through mechanisms that do not require additional budgetary expenditures.
Bessent emphasized: "We are not going to sell these assets... at current prices, our bitcoin reserve is estimated at $15-20 billion." However, he later clarified that the ministry is exploring the possibility of budget-neutral schemes for acquiring BTC that will not increase the burden on the budget.
Historical context
The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve was created by President Donald Trump's executive order on March 6, 2025, as part of a broad initiative to strengthen the US leadership in digital assets. According to the decree, the reserve is formed only from confiscated crypto assets and does not provide for direct purchases with budgetary funds. The authorities are also obliged to explore budget-neutral ways to replenish the reserve, if any.
What does this mean?
The US maintains a strategic position, keeping a significant amount of BTC in reserve without using new budgetary resources.
Moderate flexibility is possible: purchases are allowed only if there is no additional budgetary burden.
Such statements emphasize the US desire to strengthen its position in the crypto world by avoiding costly and potentially inflationary new purchases.
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