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What makes a strategic bitcoin reserve make more sense than like a strategic oil reserve or a sovereign wealth fund with a highly diversified portfolio?

I mean isn’t this like Texas just saying they are going to budget buying a bunch of Nvidia stock or Tesla stock or something?

wredcoll · 5h ago

Presumably this makes money for specific people selling bitcoins?

michaelmrose · 4h ago

A strategic oil reserve is an actual thing you can use instead of buying it abroad should it come to pass buying it abroad becomes problematic or expensive.

A wealth fund is for folks with a surplus in order to get value out of their investment.

Unlike BTC these things make sense. This is gambling.

bediger4000 · 5h ago

What eventuality is Texas preparing for? How does a Bitcoin reserve help in any way?

elzorroplateado · 4h ago

TX is preparing for more waves of USD inflation. The conventional understanding is that Bitcoin allows its holders to protect themselves from massive waves of currency debasement. A Texas Bitcoin Reserve throws a massive power re-distribution back into the its hands and out of the those of the Federal Reserve System. Sure, TX could 'hodl' their oil, but sometimes it's good to have a digital savings technology that cannot be debase.

wredcoll · 4h ago

> but sometimes it's good to have a digital savings technology that cannot be debase.

I'm sorry, a what? Digital savings technology? Bitcoin? The "asset" famous for having zero backing and incredibly wild price swings? How is this supposed to work?

lesuorac · 3h ago

> TX is preparing for more waves of USD inflation.

I mean, the guy sponsoring the bill straight up said its so Texas can invest in the highest performing assets of the past 5 years.

So, it's not in preparation of USD inflation.

Dig1t · 8m ago

It can be both. Bitcoin is useful in the same exact way that gold is. Governments the world over have stockpiles of gold, it’s an asset that goes up over time and also resists inflation.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs strategic Bitcoin reserve bill into law

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