PANews reported on September 13th that according to Cointelegraph, Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, stated that the US government is likely to announce the establishment of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) this year and officially hold BTC as a strategic asset. The market has "underestimated" the likelihood of the US forming a strategic Bitcoin reserve this year. However, other industry executives are less confident. Dave Weisburger, former chairman of CoinRoutes, stated that this is more likely to occur in 2026. "This administration is very smart and will not announce anything until the initial target has been accumulated."