Pakistan Reveals Plans for Government-Led Bitcoin Reserve
In a surprising turn of events, Pakistan has unveiled plans to establish a state-managed Bitcoin reserve, marking a sharp shift from its long-held skepticism toward digital assets.
The announcement was made by Bilal Bin Saqib, head of the country’s crypto council, during a keynote at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas.
Once known for its outright rejection of cryptocurrencies, Pakistan is now aligning itself with a growing list of governments exploring blockchain and digital finance. Inspired by the United States’ recent adoption of pro-Bitcoin strategies, the South Asian nation is accelerating efforts to integrate crypto into its national economic framework.
The government’s strategy includes more than just asset accumulation. Earlier this year, Pakistan allocated 2,000 megawatts of unused electricity to power Bitcoin mining and data centers. It has also formed a Digital Asset Authority tasked with licensing crypto platforms and enforcing regulations, laying the groundwork for a formal digital finance ecosystem.
To guide this transformation, the crypto council brought in high-profile advisors, including Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao. Meanwhile, Trump-linked World Liberty Financial has partnered with Pakistan to explore tokenized assets and DeFi infrastructure.
From banning crypto to building reserves, Pakistan’s rapid policy U-turn signals a new era—one where digital assets could soon become part of the country’s sovereign economic playbook.
Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Coindoo and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, with nearly a decade of experience covering financial markets - crypto first, then everything else. It started in 2016 with Bitcoin. Like most people at the time, he didn't fully understand it - so he kept digging. Blockchain, tokenomics, the projects, the cycles. That curiosity never stopped, and eventually pulled him into traditional markets too: equities, commodities, macro. Not because he left crypto behind, but because you can't properly understand one without the other. What drives him is straightforward: he wants to know why something is happening, not just that it's happening. Most market coverage stops at the headline - price up, price down, here's a chart. Alex finds that kind of reporting actively unhelpful. If you walk away from an article without understanding the mechanism behind the move, what did you actually learn? He holds a degree in Tourism from New Bulgarian University - not the most obvious path into financial markets, but markets have a way of pulling in people who are simply too curious to stay out. He has authored over 200 in-depth analyses and more than 10,000 articles across crypto and traditional finance. He still thinks every day in markets teaches him something new. That's probably why he hasn't stopped.
