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More than 15 days have passed since the term of the executive order that Trump signed on March 6, with which he authorized the creation of a strategic Bitcoin and other cryptoactive reserve and other cryptoactives. In that document, in addition to allowing the implementation of fiscally neutral strategies to acquire the leading cryptocurrency – that is, without using public funds – the US president instructed federal agencies to report their BTC holdings within 30 days after its publication.

The truth is that, as the days go by since the expiration of that period set for early April, The public continues without knowing how many bitcoin the United States has. In a recent interview with Anthony Pompliano, Bo Hines – director of the Presidential Council of Advisors on Digital Assets – said that, during his third day of mandate, the president had signed an executive order in which a period of 30 days was established for the agencies to analyze all their activities related to cryptocurrency. This was reported by cryptootics.

Subsequently, according to HIES himself, he started a two -month phase in which the agencies had to submit proposals to position the United States as the undisputed global leader of the sector. Now a new 180 -day period has begun, during which both the advisor and David Sacks – the so -called “AI and cryptocurrencies” – will work on the design of a road map with specific guidelines that seek to approve. It would not be unreasonable to think that, in the course of this new term, concrete advances come to light.

For now, the only information available to the community comes both government statements and unofficial sources. In an interview granted in March, David Sacks implied that the United States has around 200,000 Bitcoin, although this figure was never backed by an official audit. According to the Bitcoin Treasuries portal, the country would have 207,189 BTC, while Arkham places the figure in 198,012 BTC.

The lack of transparency has generated pressure from the legislative field. An emblematic case is that of Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis, who announced the beginning of an investigation for determine precisely how many bitcoin the State has and where they are. The official, who has already questioned why the information requested in the Executive Order has not yet been made public, could press to ensure that Congress actively intervenes in the matter.

At the time of writing this note, the price of BTC is around the USD 86.410, according to CoinmarketCap data. If estimates are considered certain, The United States government would have more than 17.3 billion dollars in Bitcoin in its possession. It should be noted that, according to David Sacks himself, the country accumulated about USD 400,000 in BTC through confiscations, mostly linked to the Silk Road case. Approximately half of those funds have already been sold, although it is unknown how many during the governments of Barack Obama, Donald Trump’s first mandate and Joe Biden’s.

All this questions the real commitment of the government with transparency around the issue, especially considering that Disseminating this information would strengthen confidence in the market. In addition, it would allow investors, companies and citizens to better understand the potential impact of government decisions on the price and adoption of the most relevant cryptoactive.