Crypto Strategic Reserve

Published on 10 Oct 2025

• The U.S. President has announced the creation of a ‘Crypto Strategic Reserve’.

• This marked a major policy shift by allocating part of national reserves to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano. 

• The plan, aimed at enhancing financial stability and hedging against inflation, sparked a surge in crypto markets. 

• To fund this reserve, the U.S. may sell part of its gold reserves to buy 1 million Bitcoin (5% of total supply). 

• Only three countries—El Salvador, Bhutan (partially only), and the Central African Republic—currently recognize crypto as legal tender. 

• Both US and India allow buying and selling of cryptocurrencies but it is not a legal tender.

• India has imposed a 30% tax on crypto income and 1% TDS on transactions, treating it as a virtual digital asset.

Keywords:

Crypto Strategic Reserve cryptocurrency financial stability inflation legal tender virtual digital asset De- dollarization