📢 Gate 廣場大使招募開啓!🔥
加入 Gate 大使,不只是創作,更是一段精彩旅程!💡
成爲廣場大使,你將享有:
🎁 專屬福利,展現獨特價值
💰 廣場任務提醒,邊發帖邊賺錢
🎨 限量週邊,成爲 Gate 官方代言人
⭐ VIP5 + 廣場黃V,輕鬆脫穎而出
🚀 加入我們,成爲:
社區意見領袖
Web3 創意先鋒
優質內容傳播者
🎉 點擊報名,開啓你的大使之旅:https://www.gate.com/questionnaire/4937
📖 活動詳情:https://www.gate.com/announcements/article/38592
US should fund Bitcoin strategic reserve with tariff surplus: Author
The United States government can purchase more Bitcoin (BTC) for the US strategic reserve through funneling portions of the tariff receipt surplus into BTC acquisitions, according to Adam Livingston, author of “The Bitcoin Age and The Great Harvest.”
Livingston proposed taking a portion of the surpluses generated by trade tariffs every month and funneling that into secure, cold storage BTC that is not traded, staked, sold, rehypothecated, used to fund programs or secure loans, or lent out for yield. He said:
That Surplus is unallocated. It's not pre-spent. It's not tied to Medicare, entitlements, or debt service. It's just floating, waiting, looking for a productive use case, ” Livingston continued.
Related: White House crypto report a mixed bag for Bitcoin advocates
US Treasury Secretary sends mixed signals on strategic reserve
Scott Bessent, secretary of the United States Treasury Department, said on Thursday that the US government would not be buying any new BTC for the strategic reserve
“We’re not going to be buying that, but we are going to use confiscated assets and continue to build that up,” Bessent told Fox Business.
However, Bessent backpedaled later that day, clarifying that the US government is still “exploring budget-neutral pathways” to accruing more of the digital currency.
Several budget-neutral strategies have been proposed, including revaluing the Treasury’s gold holdings, which are currently priced at just $42.22 per troy ounce, while gold trades on spot markets for about $3,335 per ounce.
Other budget-neutral avenues include reallocating some of the government’s other existing reserve assets, selling off oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, for example, to acquire more BTC.
Magazine: US risks being ‘front run’ on Bitcoin reserve by other nations: Samson Mow