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Key Takeaways
- Forfeited government Bitcoin goes into the Reserve automatically.
- The bill formally highlights Bitcoin’s capacity to enhance national financial leadership alongside gold.
- No Reserve Bitcoin can be sold for at least 20 years.
- States keep full legal title to any Bitcoin they store federally.
What the Bill Actually Does
The American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 (US Congress House Bill 8957) instructs the Treasury Secretary to establish two separate structures within 180 days of enactment. The first is the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a secure storage facility exclusively for Bitcoin. The second is the Digital Asset Stockpile, a separate structure for all other government-held digital assets such as Ethereum or Solana seized through law enforcement.
The bill is specific about what feeds the Reserve. Only “qualifying Bitcoin”, defined in the legislation as Bitcoin “f...
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