{"id":602822,"date":"2026-05-22T04:53:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/us-lawmakers-renew-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-push-with-arma-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T04:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:53:28","slug":"us-lawmakers-renew-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-push-with-arma-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/us-lawmakers-renew-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-push-with-arma-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers renew strategic Bitcoin reserve push with ARMA bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS1uZXctdXMtY2hpZWYtb2Ytc3RhZmYtc3VwcG9ydHMtYml0Y29pbjEuanBn.jpg\" alt=\"US lawmakers renew strategic Bitcoin reserve push with ARMA bill\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, Bitcoin must be held for a minimum of 20 years unless used to slash national debt.<\/p>\n<p>US lawmakers have renewed efforts to codify a US  strategic Bitcoin reserve with a new bipartisan bill on Thursday that seeks to acquire around 1 million Bitcoin over five years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 would establish a Strategic Bitcoin (BTC) Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile for other federally held cryptocurrencies, which would be held by the US Treasury Department, <a href=\"https:\/\/begich.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congressman-nick-begich-leads-legislation-establish-strategic-bitcoin-reserve\">said<\/a> the bill\u2019s sponsor, Representative Nick Begich.<\/p>\n<p>ARMA, sponsored by 16 members of Congress, builds on the BITCOIN Act, which was introduced in July 2024 and updated in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-senators-unveil-new-bitcoin-bill-renewing-strategic-reserve-plans\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, Bitcoin must be held for a minimum of 20 years unless used to slash national debt. US lawmakers have renewed efforts to codify a US strategic Bitcoin reserve with a new bipartisan bill on Thursday that seeks to acquire around 1 million Bitcoin over five years.\u00a0 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":602823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-602822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}