{"id":130186,"date":"2025-05-28T21:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=130186"},"modified":"2025-05-28T21:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:16:22","slug":"pakistan-announces-bitcoin-strategic-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=130186","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan announces Bitcoin strategic reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsBilal Bin Saqib, head of Pakistan\u2019s crypto council, announced on May 28 that the country is moving to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Saqib said the government of Pakistan followed the United States\u2019 lead in establishing a Bitcoin strategic reserve and is embracing pro-crypto regulatory policies. The government official told the audience:<br \/>\n&#8220;Today is a very historic day. Today, I announce the Pakistani government is setting up its own government-led Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, and we want to thank the United States of America again because we were inspired by them.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe announcement represents a significant departure from the government of Pakistan\u2019s previous stance on cryptocurrencies, holding that crypto would never be legal in the country.<br \/>\nPakistan\u2019s shift reflects the broader trend of nation-states adopting pro-crypto policies following the regulatory shift in Washington, DC under the President Donald Trump administration.<br \/>\nBilal Bin Saqib at the Bitcoin 2025 conference announcing a Bitcoin strategic reserve. Source: CointelegraphRelated: Pakistan appoints special assistant to PM on blockchain and crypto<br \/>\nThis is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/pakistan-crypto-mininster-bitcoin-strategic-reserve?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsBilal Bin Saqib, head of Pakistan\u2019s crypto council, announced on May 28 that the country is moving to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Speaking at the Bitcoin 2025&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130186"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}