Standard Chartered Bank: The United States can build up Bitcoin reserves by selling gold and using treasury funds

On March 10th, according to Decrypt, Geoff Kendrick, global head of digital asset research at Standard Chartered Bank, proposed that the US government could purchase Bitcoin in several budget-neutral ways when implementing the latest executive order from President Trump. Kendrick detailed these strategies, stating that they would avoid "additional costs to American taxpayers," a practice that Trump had already banned when establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve last week. In a research report last Friday, Kendrick wrote that the Trump administration could achieve this by "selling gold," utilizing the US Treasury's so-called Exchange Rate Stabilization Fund (ERF), or incorporating budget-neutral plans into Senator Cynthia Lummis's proposed 2024 "Bitcoin Bill." According to data from the World Gold Council, the US government currently holds 8133.46 tons of gold reserves. At current prices, this batch of gold is worth approximately $758 billion.