{"id":134286,"date":"2026-02-11T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=134286"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:00:18","slug":"jim-cramer-suggests-us-government-could-buy-bitcoin-near-60k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=134286","title":{"rendered":"Jim Cramer Suggests US Government Could Buy Bitcoin Near $60K"},"content":{"rendered":"

A prominent market commentator\u2019s offhand remark has set off fresh talk in crypto circles about whether the US might step into the Bitcoin<\/a> market if prices fall to a certain level.<\/p>\n

Reports say market commentator Jim Cramer told viewers on CNBC that he \u201cheard at $60,000 the President is gonna fill the Bitcoin Reserve,\u201d a line that quickly spread across social and financial news feeds.<\/p>\n

Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Talk Gains Traction<\/h2>\n

Based on reports<\/a>, the comment revived talk about a possible US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and whether any purchases would come from regular Treasury funds or from assets already held by the government.<\/p>\n

Some outlets pointed out that while the idea makes for a headline, it does not line up with how the government has handled crypto so far. Officials and analysts note that most government Bitcoin holdings have come from seizures and forfeitures, not open market buys.<\/p>\n

Markets Reacted, But Not Like A Buy Signal<\/h2>\n

Bitcoin prices wobbled as traders parsed the claim<\/a>. There was a bounce after the recent dip, and some traders read the chatter as extra buying motivation.<\/p>\n

Yet on-chain checks and wallet scans did not show a pattern that would match a secret, large-scale government accumulation at the lows; holdings reported in public trackers looked steady rather than suddenly growing.<\/p>\n

Reports analyzing on-chain data say there\u2019s been no clear trace of fresh government buys tied to the $60,000 mark.<\/p>\n

Why Experts Push Back<\/p>\n

Other crypto analysts warned that there\u2019s no proof<\/a> the US will swoop in to buy bitcoin with new taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n

Legal and budget limits make such purchases complicated: normally, federal bitcoin holdings are handled under rules for seized assets, and any new program to buy crypto with appropriated funds would likely need clear congressional approval or a new legal footing.<\/p>\n

What Remains Unclear<\/p>\n

Reports note that Washington does hold a lot of Bitcoin on paper, and that makes the topic sensitive. But the key point is this: talk and headlines are not the same as policy.<\/p>\n

Claims circulating online and on TV have sparked more curiosity than confirmation, and the wallet data that observers can check has not flagged a recent, secret buying spree that would match Cramer\u2019s suggestion.<\/p>\n

Featured image from So Money Podcast \u2013 Farnoosh Torabi, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A prominent market commentator\u2019s offhand remark has set off fresh talk in crypto circles about whether the US might step into the Bitcoin market if prices fall to a certain level. Reports say market commentator Jim Cramer told viewers on CNBC that he \u201cheard at $60,000 the President is gonna fill the Bitcoin Reserve,\u201d a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":134287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/134287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}