{"id":853437,"date":"2025-06-05T00:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T05:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/coinbase-exec-u-s-could-secretly-unlock-100b-for-bitcoin-using-gold-revaluation-loophole\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T00:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T05:11:55","slug":"coinbase-exec-u-s-could-secretly-unlock-100b-for-bitcoin-using-gold-revaluation-loophole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/coinbase-exec-u-s-could-secretly-unlock-100b-for-bitcoin-using-gold-revaluation-loophole\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase exec \u2013 U.S. could secretly unlock $100B for Bitcoin using gold revaluation loophole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div id=\"single-post-wrapper\">\n<p><img width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" alt=\"bitcoins Coinbase exec - U.S. could secretly unlock $100B for Bitcoin using gold revaluation loophole\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/U.S.-Could-Secretly-Unlock-100B-for-Bitcoin-1200x675.webp 1200w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/U.S.-Could-Secretly-Unlock-100B-for-Bitcoin-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/U.S.-Could-Secretly-Unlock-100B-for-Bitcoin-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/U.S.-Could-Secretly-Unlock-100B-for-Bitcoin-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/U.S.-Could-Secretly-Unlock-100B-for-Bitcoin.webp 1382w\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/U.S.-Could-Secretly-Unlock-100B-for-Bitcoin-1200x675.webp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-del=\"avatar\" alt=\"bitcoins Avatar\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_20220817_125232_826-scaled-e1661058408776-80x80.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Journalist<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Share this article<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Sebastian Bea is proposing a U.S. gold revaluation to fund a $100 billion Bitcoin acquisition<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bitcoin\u2019s future depends on breaking the $95,000-$96,000 resistance for further growth<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>A bold new proposal is quietly gaining attention in Washington\u2019s financial circles, one that could reshape the U.S government\u2019s relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/category\/bitcoin-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Bitcoin [BTC]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins Coinbase exec on the United States\u2019 Bitcoin move<\/h2>\n<p><span> S<\/span><span>ebastian Bea, President of Coinbase Asset Management, is in the news today after he hinted at a subtle accounting shift in how the U.S values its gold reserves. This, he said, could free up nearly $100 billion in budget-neutral capital. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Vivek4real_\/status\/1917467825364496427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">interview<\/a> on The Scoop podcast, Bea described the move as a strategic pathway to a massive Bitcoin acquisition, well ahead of the timeline many in the market anticipated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The idea, though unconventional, may be far less outlandish than it first appears though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cSometimes the ideas are so big that people either can\u2019t hear them or don\u2019t want to hear them,\u201d he said at the top of the interview. \u201cBut they\u2019ve got to listen to this one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Bea also argued that a decades-old accounting oversight may be the key to unlocking a Bitcoin-backed financial strategy for the U.S government.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins America\u2019s gold reserves<\/h2>\n<p><span>Under current law, America\u2019s 261.5 million-ounce gold reserve is still valued at an outdated price of $42.22 per ounce \u2013 A figure frozen in 1973. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At today\u2019s market rate of over $3,300 per ounce, that creates a nearly $900 billion disparity between book and actual value. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bea believes that a simple legislative amendment to 31 U.S.C. \u00a7 5117 could allow the Treasury to revalue its gold holdings, issue higher-denomination gold certificates, and direct the unrealized gains into a sovereign-style fund.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen the revaluation occurs, that creates a $900 billion mark-to-market gain, which the Treasury could then take [\u2026] in a budget-neutral manner to go and buy a variety of things. We think probably including Bitcoin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span> This revaluation could then support a strategic Bitcoin reserve echoing President Trump\u2019s executive directive, without technically increasing the national debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins What\u2019s more?<\/h2>\n<p><span>Thus, as Bitcoin flirts with the $100,000-level, a broader geopolitical and market recalibration may be underway. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Worth noting, however, that Sebastian Bea\u2019s proposition<\/span><span> could trigger a domino effect among global governments, underscoring the strategic stakes at play. <\/span><span>Hence, with central banks already engaged in record-breaking gold accumulation, a similar race for Bitcoin could unfold. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bitcoin\u2019s immediate future hinges on a critical technical barrier though.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Unless it breaks <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/bitcoin-market-shift-alert-whales-pile-in-small-holders-exit-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">decisively<\/a> above the $95,000\u2013$96,000 resistance, the price is likely to remain range-bound. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A clear breakout could ignite a new leg north, potentially reshaping the digital reserve narrative at a sovereign level.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Share<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Ishika Kumari <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/coinbase-exec-u-s-could-secretly-unlock-100b-for-bitcoin-using-gold-revaluation-loophole\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Share this article Sebastian Bea is proposing a U.S. gold revaluation to fund a $100 billion Bitcoin acquisition Bitcoin\u2019s future depends on breaking the $95,000-$96,000 resistance for further growth A bold new proposal is quietly gaining attention in Washington\u2019s financial circles, one that could reshape the U.S government\u2019s relationship with Bitcoin [BTC]. 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