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By Sydney TheCMO
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The $39 Trillion Debt, Central Argument of the Bill. The real driver of the bill is fiscal. Van Epps does not hide the fact that the U.S.
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Quarterly Audits and Individual Rights on Digital Assets. Transparency is a strong argument for Van Epps. Trump's executive order lacked clear guarantees on…
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Matt Van Epps wants to make it permanent. The newly elected Nashville representative is pushing the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 — and he already has eighteen…
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Van Epps is co-leading the initiative with Representative Nick Begich. The central idea: take the executive order signed by Trump in March 2025, which created a Strategic Bitcoin…
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The city hosts Bitcoin Park and an annual conference dedicated to Bitcoin. Van Epps grew up in this ecosystem, and he sees the ARMA as a logical extension of what his…
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The real driver of the bill is fiscal. Van Epps does not hide the fact that the U.S. national debt — $39 trillion — is at the heart of his approach.
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And he goes further. The bill stipulates that if the government ever sells Bitcoin from the reserve, the money can only be used to pay down the debt. Zero discretionary spending.
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Not now, not in twenty years either — the Bitcoin in the reserve must remain locked for at least twenty years. This is one of the most striking provisions of the bill.
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Transparency is a strong argument for Van Epps. Trump's executive order lacked clear guarantees on this point — the ARMA seeks to fill this gap.
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There is also a libertarian clause in the bill, and it is explicit: the federal government cannot interfere with the individual right to own, transfer, or hold digital assets.
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The eighteen co-sponsors come from nine different states. It’s solid initial support for the House of Representatives. But the House is the easy part.
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Sixty votes are needed to overcome a potential filibuster. Other crypto legislation is circulating in parallel, and priorities differ among senators.
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No clear answers to these questions yet. The bill moves forward, as do the discussions.
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