Crypto Czar Sacks Says US Could Possibly "Acquire More Bitcoin"
https://cointelegraph.com/news/david-sacks-us-potentially-acquire-more-bitcoin
White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks says the US could buy more Bitcoin if the government can fund the purchase in a “budget-neutral” way without a tax or adding to the growing national debt.
Sacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e3KE40r_WM
that while he “can’t promise anything,” a pathway does exist for the government to buy more Bitcoin.
However, it would require convincing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick or Treasury Secretary Scott Besson to OK the buy and fund it “without a new tax or adding to the debt,” Sacks said, adding that “maybe by finding the money from some other program that’s not using it — then we could potentially acquire more Bitcoin.”
David Sacks said the US could buy more Bitcoin, but he can’t make any promises. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e3KE40r_WM
“The question is, can we get either the Treasury Department or the Commerce Department to get excited about that because if they do and they can figure out how to fund it, they actually do have presidential authorization,” Sacks said.
US can buy Bitcoin if it doesn’t sting budget
The March 6 executive order https://cointelegraph.com/news/donald-trump-signs-executive-order-strategic-bitcoin-reserve
as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture.
Sacks noted part of the executive order “allows the government to purchase more” if it’s “done in a budget-neutral” way.
“Specifically, if either the Commerce Department or the Treasury Department can figure out how to fund it without adding to the debt, then they are allowed to create those programs,” he said.
The US holds approximately 198,012 Bitcoin, https://www.coingecko.com/research/publications/government-bitcoin-holdings
over $21 billion at current prices.
Most of its holdings came from two seizures connected to the online marketplace Silk Road, one in November 2020 that nettedhttps://cointelegraph.com/news/1b-of-bitcoin-from-silk-road-wallet-moves-for-first-time-since-2015
, and another in March 2022 that saw authorities seize 51,351 Bitcoin.
The US also seized 94,636 Bitcoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-government-funds-bitfinex-hack-returned
and corresponding private keys.
In January, the US Department of Justice https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-cleared-sell-6-5-b-bitcoin-crash-btc-price
.
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