Senator Cynthia Lummis, Republican of Wyoming and an ally of Donald Trump in the Senate, said the strategic bitcoin reserve proposed by the president-elect could be filled without increasing the government deficit: selling some of the Federal Reserve's gold to buy bitcoin. Cynthia Lummis plans to push a bill to do just that when the new Congress takes office next year. The bill would require the U.S. to buy 1 million bitcoins, which would cost about $90 billion at current market prices, but could increase if the bill passes and investors buy before the government gets in.