One year after former President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve," the program remains stalled. The Treasury Department lacks congressional authorization to set up the necessary dedicated accounts, and Trump's cryptocurrency advisors have refused to approve it citing "new legal issues." Although Senator Cynthia Lummis has proposed legislation to fund a reserve of up to 1 million Bitcoins, its best route may be to include it as an amendment to the end-of-year defense bill. The executive order did not authorize the government to purchase new Bitcoins but sought ways to increase Bitcoin reserves without using taxpayer funds.