My predictions on crypto reserve details: 

1. Government will just keep assets seized; no new buys (90% confidence)

2. BTC will represent 80% of holdings (80% confidence)

3. American crypto companies can pay crypto in kind for taxes, XRP or ADA (50% confidence)

4. Some weird donation thing from XRP and ADA (40% confidence)

Just a few minutes ago, President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. 

The Reserve will be capitalized with Bitcoin owned by the federal government that was forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings. This means it…

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If the reserve is not authorized to sell the BTC, why does the 17B amount matter if the gain wouldn't be realized anyway?
Or the value is important because it's borrowed against?