The White House on January 23 released its comprehensive 166-page report on digital assets, which outlines a range of policy recommendations for the cryptocurrency industry. Despite high expectations, particularly from Bitcoin advocates, the document omitted any substantial discussion on the development of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a concept introduced by the administration just three days earlier through an executive order [1]. The report does reference the reserve briefly at the end, but it merely reiterates the terms from the original executive order without offering new guidance or direction [1].

The lack of forward movement on the Bitcoin reserve has drawn criticism from some in the crypto community. CJ Burnett, chief revenue…