How many bitcoins the United States will buy and how? The Bo Hines White House advisor advocates using customs tax recipes.
Bitcoin, the gold of the third millennium
Gold still becomes the international currency par excellence in times of war. In 1938, the United States's gold reserves amounted to 9,000 tonnes, and in 1942, to 19,000 tonnes…
Today, the United States and China are lodging a trade war that again reread gold, up 60 % over two years. Goldman Sachs expects to reach $ 4,000 before the end of the year.
Digital gold does even better. Bitcoin flew by more than 200 % at the same time. And the best is yet to come since the United States wants to make it their reserve currency. The White House Advisor Bo Hines has repeatedly said that the objective was “To accumulate as many bitcoins as possible before the others”.
Very well, but how to abound this reserve by budgetary neutral means? We know for example that senator Cynthia Lummis wants to sell the gold of Fort Knox. Bo Hines offers to mobilize the recipes of customs taxes:
In addition, the latter assures that he will not neglect any opportunity. In the meantime, we can already do some small calculations.
Customs taxes, how many billions?
Last year, the United States exported $ 143 billion in China. They are currently displaying a commercial deficit of $ 295 billion.
Washington wants to reduce this deficit via customs duties. These now reach the unprecedented level of 145 % vis-à-vis China, which retaliated with 125 % taxes on American products.
The Chinese trade ministry said they were ready to “Fighting to the end”. In other words, trade between the two nations could stop completely. In this scenario, customs taxes may be skinny …
It is therefore allowed to doubt that customs duties will bring in $ 2 billion a day. Donald Trump also advanced this figure before the 90 -day break for the rest of the world.
Last year, the United States overall imported $ 9 billion a day. By applying an average rate of 22 % (initial announcement), we get $ 2 billion a day, but this assumes that the volume of American imports remains at this level. Unlikely.
A reserve of 5 million bitcoins?
The daily data of the Treasury Department indicate that customs revenue are around for the moment 200 million dollarsten times less than the 2 billion announced. However, it would be enough to buy 2350 bitcoins every day.
For more prospects, note that 450 bitcoins are mined daily and that Salvador buys only one BTC per day. In all, $ 200 million per day would accumulate 857,000 BTC from the first year.
That said, it is obvious that the first bitcoins will not be purchased at the same price as the last. Especially that a global rush is more than likely and multinationals are already on the ranks. Companies added 95,431 bitcoins to their cash in the 1st quarter of 2025. They now hold 688,000 BTC, or 3.28 % of the total offer:
The founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, proposes that the government acquires up to 25 % of the total bitcoin offer in the next decade. He said such an investment could generate $ 100,000 billion.
“The nation should acquire 5 to 25 % of the Bitcoin network through daily purchases between 2025 and 2035, when 99 % of all BTCs have been issued”wrote Saylor in a document entitled “A Digital Fiests Strategy to Dominate the 21st Century Global Economy”.
We bet that the United States will be able to find the necessary money for its greatest monetary poker blow since the “petrodollar”.
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