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Bitcoin has been queued up and locked away by the government, and retail investors have completely become the “atmosphere group.”
The K-line you’re staring at right now—going up and down every day, buying and selling—makes you think you’re “trading” Bitcoin.
But you probably don’t even know this: the real Bitcoin is being physically wiped out from the market, country after country, by governments.
This isn’t “dumping.” This isn’t “distribution.” It’s being welded into the national treasury by law—once locked, for 20 years.
The spot you hold is turning into limited-edition, out-of-print stock.
And you’re still waiting for a big drop? Waiting for a pullback? Waiting for $30,000?
Wake up—governments don’t play high-sell, low-buy games with you. Governments only play “buy and never sell.”
What’s happening?
U.S. Congressman Nick Begich has officially proposed the ARMA Act (American Reserve Modernization Act), supported by 16 bipartisan lawmakers.
The goal is simple: to put the 200,000 Bitcoins in the hands of the United States (mainly from confiscated assets) into federal law, as strategic reserves, with a holding period of no less than 20 years.
Note: this isn’t an executive order made on a whim by the president—if a new president comes in, that order can be torn up.
This is law. To change it, you need a congressional majority. Meaning: no matter who becomes president in the future, these 200,000 BTC will not appear on the market for at least 20 years.
You think this is just news?
This is a perpetual bullish option—signed by the U.S. government, not by you.
You think it’s over?
ARMA also authorizes the Treasury to buy up to 200,000 BTC per year over the next five years, targeting 1,000,000 BTC—nearly 5% of the total supply.
What does 5% even mean?
In the entire Bitcoin market, how much is the real circulating volume each day? The “depth” shown on exchanges is often a lot of wash activity.
If the U.S. really accumulates at this pace, it’s like pulling a major artery’s blood out of the market every year.
And here’s a detail: budget-neutral. It doesn’t use taxpayers’ tax revenue.
That means the Treasury Department has to figure out its own way to raise money to buy coins. What are the options?
Selling gold certificates? Issuing bonds? Or doing an asset swap? No matter how they do it—buying coins is the hard requirement, and cost isn’t the primary consideration.
You’re not competing with retail investors.
You’re competing with the U.S. Treasury’s money-printing mindset.
What if more countries follow suit?
This is the most chilling part of the entire logic.
Once the U.S. succeeds in legislating, the creation of a “strategic Bitcoin reserve” stops being a fanciful idea by any one president—it becomes a standard feature for great powers.
Just think about it:
The UK also has confiscated Bitcoin (more than 60,000 coins). Will they follow?
El Salvador has already bought. Will they add more?
Will Japan, Germany, Switzerland—countries with financial ambitions—also create a “Bitcoin Reserve Law”?
Every time a country follows through, it means tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of Bitcoins permanently disappear from the circulating market.
Not sold—locked in a safe, untouched for 20 years.
By then, of the 21,000,000 Bitcoins worldwide, subtract the ones already lost (about 3,000,000 to 4,000,000), subtract those locked by national teams, subtract the institutions’ holdings such as MicroStrategy and BlackRock—how many are left for ordinary people to trade?
It might be fewer than 3,000,000 coins.
Worldwide 8,000,000,000 people, split across 3,000,000 coins.
Do the math yourself—how much per person?
This isn’t a change in supply and demand; it’s the end of the supply-demand relationship.
The old supply-demand model: miners mine → exchanges → retail/institutions buy → sell.
The future model: miners mine → national teams directly take custody → lock for 20 years → no selling.
Exchanges are no longer trading venues; they become relics of the national teams’ acquisition stations.
Are you still watching the K-line to guess tops and bottoms?
What the national teams are watching is the geopolitical clock.
Why are you anxious?
Because you suddenly realize something:
That “cheap entry opportunity” in your mindset may never come again.
Not because prices won’t fall—but because the price level you want to buy at simply has no sell orders.
In past bear markets, miners couldn’t hold on and shut down, and panic selling and liquidation drove out the remaining players.
Now? The coins mined by miners may be directly taken by the Treasury Department under the banner of “budget neutrality.” Panic selling? The national teams are the biggest panic-absorber.
Waiting for $20,000?
Waiting for $10,000?
Waiting for $5,000?
Go ahead. Keep waiting.
Wait until all countries finish legislation, wait until tradable supply is exhausted, wait until you open the exchange and the bid-ask spread is 30%—and then you’ll come back to curse yourself: when that law came out in 2026, why didn’t I treat it as real?
We used to say “Bitcoin is a scam,” and the government didn’t care about you.
Now the government is legislating to lock it up for 20 years.
Are you still saying “wait for a pullback”?
In the end, is it the scam that’s wrong, or is your understanding just not keeping up?
Share, like, and comment—so more people can see:
The government is using legislation to tell you—Bitcoin really is different now.
Statement: I hold BTC positions. This article does not constitute investment advice. You are ultimately responsible for your own wallet.#TradFi交易分享挑战 #灰度购入超51万HYPE并质押 $BTC $ETH