The Bitcoin Fed: How Trump, Bessent, and the Next Federal Reserve Chair Could Reshape American Monetary Policy
Special Edition
March 1, 2026
The most consequential monetary policy shift in a generation is not being debated in academic journals or central banking conferences. It is being architected in the Oval Office, the Treasury Department, and — soon — in the selection of the next Chair of the Federal Reserve.
Consider the facts already on the ground. President Trump signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, directing the federal government to hold approximately 200,000 BTC seized from criminal forfeitures — and explicitly prohibiting their sale. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a former macro hedge fund manager who understands balance sheet mechanics better than any Treasury Secretary in modern history, has publicly endorsed Bitcoin’s role in the financial system and is actively shaping stablecoin regulation to extend dollar dominance through crypto rails. The GENIUS Act — bipartisa…