Tariff-fueled Bitcoin reserve? ⛽

The White House's digital assets director is exploring tariffs as one "creative" means of acquiring Bitcoin for the U.S. strategic reserve.

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Stephen Graves
April 15, 2025

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The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs, which have sparked global financial turbulence in recent weeks, could prime the pump for the nation’s strategic Bitcoin reserve.

That’s according to White House digital assets director Bo Hines, who said that the administration is exploring tariffs as one of several “budget-neutral” ways of acquiring Bitcoin for the reserve.

On the other side of the Atlantic, interest in strategic Bitcoin reserves continues to mount, with two Swedish MPs pushing for a national strategy to acquire Bitcoin through confiscated assets.

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