Senator Lummis Named Chair of Senate Subcommittee on Digital Assets

Senator Lummis Named Chair of Senate Subcommittee on Digital Assets
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2025-1-24 22:01

Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis has been appointed by Senator Rick Scott, head of the Senate Banking Committee, to chair the newly formed Senate Subcommittee on Digital Assets. The move reflects growing recognition of Lummis’ leadership in the digital asset space, particularly following her introduction of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act to the U.S. Senate in July 2024.

Bitcoin rose back to above $105,000 on the news, Source: BNC Bitcoin Liquid Index

A Bold Agenda for Digital Assets


Lummis outlined two key goals for the subcommittee:

Passing comprehensive legislation to establish clear guidelines for digital asset markets. Conducting federal oversight to ensure regulatory agencies do not overreach.

“Digital assets are the future, and if the United States wants to remain a global leader in financial innovation, Congress needs to urgently pass bipartisan legislation establishing a comprehensive legal framework for digital assets and that strengthens the U.S. dollar with a strategic bitcoin reserve,” said Lummis. “I am humbled my colleagues have placed their trust in me to chair this historic subcommittee and I look forward to shepherding bipartisan legislation to President Trump’s desk this year that secures our financial future.”

Source: Senator Lummis

“Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency have the potential to democratize the financial world – and there’s no better champion for the industry than my friend Cynthia Lummis,” said Scott. “Since day one, Senator Lummis has been a leader on digital assets legislation, and I am proud to have her spearhead the Banking Committee’s efforts through our new Subcommittee on Digital Assets. Working with the Trump administration and our colleagues in the House, we will advance a commonsense regulatory framework to facilitate innovation here in the United States, not overseas.

Senator Lummis with Snoop Dogg at Trump’s Inauguration this week, Source: X

Lummis’ comments have fueled speculation about a formal Bitcoin reserve, with former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao remarking that such a development is “pretty much confirmed.”

Momentum Builds for a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve


Several states, including Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Wyoming, have introduced Bitcoin strategic reserve legislation. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has also championed the idea, recently describing Bitcoin as “foundational to the global economy, akin to gold” in a blog post.

During a digital asset panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Armstrong reaffirmed that the concept remains viable despite attention shifting toward meme coins and social tokens.

On X today, Armstrong pointed out that today, Bitcoin’s market cap of ~$2T represents about 11% of gold’s market cap of ~$18T.

“Bitcoin is a better form of money. It has the decentralization and scarcity of gold, but better divisibility, portability, and (i think) even fungibility. It’s relatively harder to tell if gold is pure, or contains some lead in the middle of the bar.

All this leads me to believe that any country with Gold reserves, should be holding at least 11% of that amount in Bitcoin reserves. And I believe in the next 5-10 years Bitcoin’s market cap will likely surpass Gold. So these reserves should grow to exceed Gold.

If the US leads here with a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, I think many of the G20 will follow. Coinbase is available to help any country that wishes to do so. Get in touch,” wrote Armstrong.

Bitcoin is a better form of money than gold on most metrics, Source: X

Odds that a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve will go ahead shot up to 70% on Polymarket before settling back down at 68%.

Odds that a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve goes ahead are rising, Source: Polymarket

While Lummis is known to be a staunch Bitcoin advocate, she will be a champion for the entire digital asset industry. She will certainly be a powerful ally for alt coins such as Ripple’s XRP and Solana, so it’s good news for the entire industry. 

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