Pakistan will deploy Bitcoin reserve in DeFi for yield, says Bilal Bin Saqib
Pakistan’s crypto czar, Bilal Bin Saqib, isn’t content letting the nation’s Bitcoin stash sit idle — he wants it generating returns.
Pakistans crypto czar Bilal Bin Saqib burst into the headlines in late May by announcing live on stage at Bitcoin 2025 that the country will establish a Bitcoin Reserve.
Saqib, Pakistans crypto minister and CEO of the Pakistan Crypto Council, tells Magazine a discussion with Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor made him feel even more certain about the decision.
Saqib said that while he was already smitten with Bitcoin before, he felt reinvigorated like hed been orange-pilled all over again.
