Overview
- Premier Cho Jung-tai and Central Bank Governor Yang Chin-long pledged a detailed assessment by Dec. 31 that includes a full inventory of government‑held Bitcoin.
- Lawmakers urged a pause on auctioning confiscated coins as the administration considers using those holdings to test a limited treasury program.
- The Executive Yuan and central bank signaled plans to draft Bitcoin‑friendly rules within six months to support custody, accounting, and oversight.
- Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission is already piloting institutional digital‑asset custody, providing a testbed for secure storage and audits.
- The review is driven by concern over reserves concentrated in U.S. dollar assets—roughly $577–$600 billion overall—with no new purchases or formal adoption approved.