In brief
- Pakistan plans to launch a national strategic Bitcoin reserve, a state minister said Wednesday at Bitcoin 2025.
- Bilal Bin Saqib, the special assistant to the prime minister on blockchain and cryptocurrency, made the announcement.
- President Trump signed an executive order in March authorizing a U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserve.
A crypto advisor to the Pakistani government announced Wednesday that the country will launch a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
Speaking at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Bilal Bin Saqib, the newly appointed special assistant to the prime minister on blockchain and cryptocurrency, said that Pakistan’s government is “setting up its own Bitcoin strategic reserve.”
“We are getting inspired by [the U.S….
May 30 2025
