United States: government bitcoin

6 Mar 2025: The US President signs an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve funded with bitcoin already forfeited to the government.

Government-held bitcoin attributed to El Salvador, as tracked by bitcointreasuries.net. Government holdings usually come from seizures in criminal cases, mining or direct purchases.

A spot bitcoin ETF is a fund traded on a stock exchange that holds real bitcoin. It lets people get bitcoin price exposure through an ordinary brokerage account, without holding keys themselves.