Catenaa, Sunday, April 20, 2025- The Trump administration is considering using tariff revenues to help build a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve without tapping taxpayer funds, a senior White House adviser said this week.
Bo Hines, executive director of the Presidential Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, told investor Anthony Pompliano that proceeds from recently expanded tariffs could fund the accumulation of Bitcoin. The idea follows President Donald Trump’s executive order last month creating the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
“We’re looking at many creative ways, whether it be from tariffs or something else,” Hines said in a White House interview, pointing to a broader push for “budget-neutral” strategies in digital asset acquisition.
According to Arkham, the US already holds 192,012 Bitcoin. A separate directive has also instructed federal agencies to disclose their crypto holdings to the Treasury Department, with a reporting deadline that passed last Saturday.
Hines indicated that a 180-day review period is underway to assess how agencies can contribute to the reserve. The review is expected to lead to a unified federal strategy.
The administration is also eyeing support from Senator Cynthia Lummis’s Bitcoin Act of 2025, which would revalue gold certificates at modern prices — a move Hines said could unlock billions in funding for crypto reserves without new legislation.
The plan is part of a broader goal to establish the US as the global leader in Bitcoin policy and reserves, Hines said, adding, “We’re working to make America the Bitcoin superpower of the globe.”
