Buying Budget Neutral Bitcoin?

What are the Tax Payer budget Neutral Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Buying options, other than those listed below? ⁠Civil forfeiture; Seizing more bitcoin including those holdings from people trying to use it to evade taxes ⁠Accepting government payments/fines/taxes in Bitcoin “Printing” money to buy Bitcoin would presumably not cost the tax payer (well directly anyway!) ⁠Mining bitcoin with excess unutilised energy sources like Bhutan have been doing ⁠Selling other confiscated assets from crime (crypto and non crypto) for bitcoin Using some of the existing 39 billion dollars of emergency financial funds … AKA the Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) which is a financial tool at the disposal of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It could be utilized to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) through executive action, without the need for congressional approval ⁠Revaluing or swapping the existing gold stockpile for some digital gold Considering the SBR stated the following: “The Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce are authorized to develop budget-neutral strategies for acquiring additional bitcoin, provided that those strategies have no incremental costs on American taxpayers.” What other methods could they use for tax payer neutral bitcoin acquisition …. submitted by /u/sweet-breads [link] [comments]

Mar 15, 2025 - 06:40

What are the Tax Payer budget Neutral Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Buying options, other than those listed below?

⁠Civil forfeiture; Seizing more bitcoin including those holdings from people trying to use it to evade taxes
⁠Accepting government payments/fines/taxes in Bitcoin
“Printing” money to buy Bitcoin would presumably not cost the tax payer (well directly anyway!)
⁠Mining bitcoin with excess unutilised energy sources like Bhutan have been doing
⁠Selling other confiscated assets from crime (crypto and non crypto) for bitcoin
Using some of the existing 39 billion dollars of emergency financial funds … AKA the Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) which is a financial tool at the disposal of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It could be utilized to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) through executive action, without the need for congressional approval
⁠Revaluing or swapping the existing gold stockpile for some digital gold

Considering the SBR stated the following:

“The Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce are authorized to develop budget-neutral strategies for acquiring additional bitcoin, provided that those strategies have no incremental costs on American taxpayers.”

What other methods could they use for tax payer neutral bitcoin acquisition ….

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