The value of Bitcoin held by the US government has dropped by $2 billion since April 2nd, and is known as the “liberation day” when President Donald Trump announced the global “mutual tariffs.”
The US government owns 198,012 BTC, which was valued at $17,240 million on April 2, according to the on-chain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence.
The value of the US government’s Bitcoin holdings has fallen from $87,106 on April 2 to $76,830.22 on April 8th, bringing the value of the US government’s Bitcoin holdings to $152.1 billion.
In short, the government has seen nearly 12% losses in Bitcoin holdings since the “liberation date” tariffs.
Please note that the United States has accumulated Bitcoin through federal seizures in civil or criminal forfeiture procedures. On March 6, Trump signed an executive order to leverage these BTC attacks to create a strategic Bitcoin reserve. On the same day, Trump’s Crypto Czar David Sacks claimed that the government lost $17 billion in the previous administration from selling bitcoin.
The order also required federal agencies to report their crypto-holdings to Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent within 30 days, but it did not mention its official disclosure.
The government also holds $122 million and $88 million in Ethereum, among other cryptocurrencies. In total, its crypto holdings are worth $15.6 billion as of April 8th.
Meanwhile, the crypto market has seen a loss of nearly 9% in market capitalization since April 2nd. At the time of writing it was $2.5 trillion.
Bitcoin was trading at $76,830.22 at the time of press, following Kraken’s price supply.