Ahmedabad, India – In a major escalation of US crypto policy, Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis have unveiled the “Mined in America Act,” a sweeping proposal designed to drag Bitcoin’s mining hardware supply chain back onto US soil and link it directly to a future Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
The legislation lands as roughly 97% of specialized Bitcoin mining machines still come from Chinese manufacturers, leaving US miners exposed to foreign supply shocks and geopolitical risk, despite the United States already commanding about 38% of global Bitcoin hashrate.
Digital asset mining is a big part of our economy. We should be doing it here in America.
Proud to introduce the Mined in America Act with @SenLummis, which secures supply chains, backs U.S. manufacturing, and supports this key industry.https://t.co/qZdv6SEe3g
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) March 30, 2026
Under the bill, data centers could earn a new “Mined in America” certification by proving they do not rely on equipment from designated “foreign adversaries,” a category that would capture dominant Chinese rig makers like Bitmain and MicroBT. The move would effectively force many US miners to begin planning a long-term transition away from imported hardware and toward domestically produced chips and machines.
To accelerate that shift, the act pulls in heavyweight federal agencies. The National Institute of Standards and Technology would work with US firms on next‑generation, energy‑efficient mining chips, while the Manufacturing Extension Partnership would support smaller and mid‑sized factories trying to enter the Bitcoin hardware race.
In a striking twist, the proposal also ties mining directly to sovereign Bitcoin holdings. Building on President Donald Trump’s public support for a federal Bitcoin stockpile, the bill envisions a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve whose coins would preferably be sourced from certified “Mined in America” operations.
The news has not triggered immediate turmoil in spot markets, with Bitcoin trading around 67,571 dollars at the time of reporting, underscoring that traders are treating the development as a structural, policy‑driven story rather than a short‑term price shock.
If passed, the act would mark one of the clearest signals yet that Washington sees Bitcoin mining not just as an energy‑intensive niche, but as critical infrastructure sitting at the crossroads of national security, industrial policy, and digital asset strategy.
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