US lawmakers advance bill to codify Trump’s Bitcoin reserve for 20 years

The significance here is durability, not size: converting an executive policy into statute would make the reserve harder to unwind by a future administration, which is precisely the risk a reserve held at a president's discretion carries. The coins in question are seized assets, so the practical effect is removing a latent source of supply rather than committing new capital. Whether the bill clears the chamber and whether the 20-year lockup survives amendment are the open questions worth watching.