US urged to sell government’s 1.4 billion lbs of cheese reserves to buy Bitcoin

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The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) has proposed an unconventional approach to bolstering the US government’s Bitcoin reserves—selling off the country’s Strategic Cheese Reserve.

In a March 7 post on X, the BPI suggested that the US could use proceeds from liquidating its cheese stockpile to fund Bitcoin purchases.

According to the Institute:

“America should immediately liquidate its strategic cheese reserve and convert the proceeds into Bitcoin.”

The BPI added that Bitcoin, rather than cheese, should be the asset held in strategic reserves.

Mathew Sigel, head of research at VanEck, echoed this sentiment, questioning the necessity of maintaining a cheese reserve. He suggested replacing it with a neutral asset like Bitcoin, which could be a smarter financial move.

The US reportedly holds between 1.4 billion and 1.5 billion pounds of cheese in cold storage, an estimated inventory worth around $3.4 billion. This stockpile exists due to government policies designed to stabilize dairy prices and support farmers.

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The proposal follows President Donald Trump‘s recent announcement of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve initiative.

This move would allow the United States to hold onto its current Bitcoin while exploring budget-neutral strategies to expand its existing holdings without imposing additional costs on taxpayers.

White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks said:

“The US will not sell any bitcoin deposited into the Reserve. It will be kept as a store of value. The Reserve is like a digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency often called ‘digital gold.’”

With this in mind, crypto community members are proposing several ways for the US to grow its Bitcoin reserves further.

Matthew Pines, the Executive Director of the BPI, suggested that surplus US dollars, gold reserves, foreign exchange holdings, and revenue from privatizing Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) could be used to fund additional Bitcoin acquisitions.

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