US crypto reserve could boost Bitcoin market cap by $460B — Research
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Creating a strategic cryptocurrency reserve in the United States could boost Bitcoin’s (BTC) market capitalization by roughly 25%, or approximately $460 billion, according to an analysis by Sygnum Bank shared with Cointelegraph. US President Donald Trump’s plans for a national crypto stockpile, along with similar proposals across dozens of US states, could trigger a multibillion-dollar buying spree with a 20x multiplier effect on Bitcoin’s price, according to Sygnum, a crypto asset manager. “Because the liquid supply of bitcoin is very small […] larger inflows cause upward price shocks,” Katalin Tischhauser, Sygnum’s research head, told Cointelegraph. Tischhauser added that federal or state government Bitcoin buying would be “likely to trigger another wave of allocations from institutional investors as well,” not to mention other countries’ governments. Institutional capital flows are already exerting a “multiplier effect” on BTC’s spot price, with every $1 billion worth of net inflows into spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) driving an approximately 3-6% price move, Sygnum said in its Crypto Market Outlook 2025 report. Institutional inflows tend to drive price for Bitcoin. Source: Sygnum Bank Planned crypto reserve On March 2, Trump confirmed his commitment to creating a US crypto stockpile holding Bitcoin, as well as altcoins such as Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL), among others. Crypto markets surged following Trump’s announcements but surrendered those gains later in the week as macroeconomic unease and a looming trade war took center stage. Trump has endorsed the idea of a national crypto pool since July 2024, when US Senator Cynthia Lummis pitched the BITCOIN Act, proposing a US reserve specifically for Bitcoin. More than half of US states have fielded proposals to create similar reserves at a state-level. State Bitcoin reserve bills. Source: VanEck However, progress has been uneven. Five states already rejected crypto reserve plans, Tischhauser said. Meanwhile, creating a…
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