Jinse Finance reported that on October 8, CleanSpark CEO Matthew Schultz posted on X that he had dinner that evening with U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent and U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, during which they discussed topics such as the market structure bill, Federal Reserve chair candidates, and the U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve. Matthew Schultz revealed in his post that the United States holds about $17 billion worth of bitcoin, "will not sell," and plans to continue increasing its holdings.