Those who cheered U.S. Bitcoin reserve have spent year watching Trump's order languish

The executive order to build President Donald Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has awaited congressional action, and sources say there's one idea left for 2026. What to know : President Donald Trump's administration has determined that it needs congressional action to open the planned Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, so his executive order and forming it has now waited a year for action. People familiar with the legislative effort have said that a late-year defense bill may offer a potential landing spot for 2026.