Pakistan shocks world with plans to launch Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

• Pakistan unveiled plans to set a strategic BTC reserve and not sell the holdings. 
• About eight countries hold BTC worth over $57 billion as of May 2025.

Pakistan has unveiled plans for setting up a Strategic Bitcoin [BTC] Reserve (SBR). 

Speaking during the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Bilal bin Saqib, the CEO of Pakistani Crypto Council (PCC) and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on blockchain and crypto, said, 

“The Pakistani government is setting up its own government-led Bitcoin strategic reserve. And the national BTC wallet is not for speculation or hype. We’ll be holding these BTCs and we’ll never sell them.”