Listen, friend, here's the interesting news: Pakistan has decided to create its own national Bitcoin reserve. This was announced by Bilal Bin Saqib, head of the Pakistan Cryptocurrency Council, at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas. This is the first such step in South Asia, and it really sounds ambitious.
Saqib said bluntly: this reserve is not for speculation and not for trading. The goal is to store bitcoins as a strategic asset, that is, as digital gold. So far, they have not disclosed exactly how much BTC they want to purchase and how exactly they will do it, but one thing is clear — they are serious about this.
And what's interesting is that it's not just hype or imitation. A few days before the conference, the Prime Minister of Pakistan appointed Bin Saqib as Special Assistant for blockchain and crypto issues. So now he has a political mandate.
Pakistan plans to allocate 2,000 megawatts of energy for bitcoin mining and AI-powered data centers. Plus, they want to tokenize unused state assets and introduce blockchain into public administration. Bin Saqib says: "We're creating an ecosystem, not just chasing trends." And, honestly, it sounds convincing.
To prevent all this from turning into the wild west, a new agency was created in May — the Office of Digital Assets. It will monitor the crypto market, regulate it, and implement the rules of the game.
Pakistan is also actively looking at the US experience. Sakib noted that Trump's recent initiatives, including the decree on the creation of a national bitcoin reserve, have become a source of inspiration for them. Moreover, Pakistan has already signed a memorandum of cooperation with World Liberty Financial, an American organization that supports blockchain and cryptocurrencies on a global level.
All this suggests that if countries are starting to create bitcoin reserves, maybe they really see it as a reliable long-term asset? Do you think bitcoin is the new currency of the future, or is it still a risky experiment?
