BitcoinRegulation
|3 min ReadSaylor and crypto leaders press bitcoin reserve plan in Washington
Maya Chen
Senior Analyst
Published
Jan 16, 2026
Washington moves. The window is open.
This is the moment when policy can mint a legacy. On September 15, 2025, 4:47 PM EDT, the push became public. Over a dozen advocates will gather Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill. Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis and Rep. Nick Begich will host a roundtable. Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor and Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel will be in the room. The goal is simple. Advance a strategic bitcoin reserve that could let the United States purchase one million bitcoin if the bill passes.
Hailey Miller, who runs government relations and public policy at the Digital Power Network, confirmed the plan. DPN is affiliated with The Digital Chamber. The energy is direct. The target is clear. Keep the reserve front and center as Congress sprints into the fall calendar.
The setup behind the bill
Lummis reintroduced the BITCOIN Act in March. The full name is “Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide.” The bill would designate bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset. It builds on President Donald Trump’s executive order to create permanent bitcoin holdings. Think Fort Knox, but digital. The order also barred the sale of bitcoin and other crypto assets forfeited to the government. Those assets sit in a separate stockpile after criminal or civil cases.
The bill goes further. It includes language to acquire one million bitcoin over five years using budget neutral strategies. That means no headline spending blowout. It means using existing flows and tools. This is a national balance sheet play, not a short trade.
Congress has momentum. This summer lawmakers passed a first crypto-specific bill for stablecoins. Now they aim at market structure. Drafts in the Senate point to SEC and CFTC working together. The turf wars need an end if capital is going to commit at scale.
What happens next
The BITCOIN Act sits before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee. No hearings are scheduled yet. The Tuesday roundtable is about next steps and votes. The bill has Republican buy-in today. Advocates want bipartisan support next. Miller put it plainly. There is a lot done in recent months, and “our real push is to ensure that the BITCOIN Act and a strategic bitcoin reserve remain a priority.”
More names join the table. Bitdeer Chief Strategy Officer Haris Basit. Riot Senior Vice President of Public Policy Brian Morgenstern. Cleanspark CEO Matt Schultz. DPN will drop a one-pager that frames the bill as a bipartisan opportunity.
This is how big moves start. First a room. Then a path. If the reserve becomes law, the buyer is the United States. One million bitcoin over five years is not theory. It is policy scale. The signal to markets would be historic. Very big. Very strong.
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