Sovereign Bitcoin Phase 2: Brazil's $19B RESBit Proposal Gains Critical Central Bank Backing

As the Central Bank of Brazil (BOC) prepares to consider adding Bitcoin, Brazil is about to become the biggest sovereign holder of Bitcoin worldwide, to its national reserves at a key policy meeting in November 2025. Driven by the legislative momentum of the Sovereign Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (RESBit) proposal (Bill 4501/2024), which seeks to allocate up into the cryptocurrency, to 5% of the country's $370 billion international reserves—a possible $18.6 billion investment.

With Vice President Alckmin's chief of staff dubbing Bitcoin "digital gold," the move is strategically justified as a hedge against currency swings and geopolitical risks for Brazil's reserves. Should it be approved, the RESBit would be co-managed by the Finance Ministry and the Central Bank, which would call for tight procedures including cold storage and annual audits. This legislative and institutional alignment shows that Brazil is quite thinking about Bitcoin as a strategically important national asset, therefore positioning the country as a financial leader in Latin America and maybe triggering other emerging economies' comparable reserve diversity efforts.