31 March 2025
J.R Swarbrick
[FYI request #30339 email]
Dear J.R Swarbrick
Thank you for your email of 8 March 2025 to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua
(RBNZ) requesting information under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (OIA), as fol ows:
Under the Of icial Information Act 1982 I request copies of all advice and communications
received by the RBNZ relating to the United States of America's Bitcoin Strategic Reserve
established by Executive Order on 6 March 2024 as set out in the following URL.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/establishment-of-the-strategic-
bitcoin-reserveand-united-states-digital-asset-stockpile/
RBNZ is not aware of any advice or communications received relating to the United States of
America’s bitcoin strategic reserve. As such, we are refusing this request under 18(e) of the Of icial
Information Act – the information does not exist or cannot be located.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this decision by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
We intend to publish this response on the RBNZ website at
: www.rbnz.govt.nz/research-and-
publications/of icial-information-requests. We do this in order to improve transparency and
provide an additional resource for anyone seeking information.
Yours sincerely
Government Relations
Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua